An awesome link I found that talks about something called CarboSchools. They are based in Europe and these schools partner up with professional researchers (mostly from industry) and work on experiments and labs throughout the school year. Pretty creative. And the research performed is based on providing students with a chance to understand what's currently happening with our climate, more specifically topics regarding global warming.

http://www.carboeurope.org/education/index.php

And here's a link of their youtube video showing a picture-slideshow of students/researchers in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4QDBgxEXuGk