In partnership with the Addiction Education Society
Every Choice
Shapes a Story.
Choice Lab helps students, parents, and teachers explore the decisions that shape our lives through science, storytelling, and real-world experience.
Young people build the skills to make healthier choices.
Students, families, and educators with stories and science.
Lived experience meets evidence-based prevention.
Choose Your Lab
Three doors. One mission: building healthier futures together.
6th Grade · Explore
Students
- Short videos
- Interactive challenges
- Real stories from teens and young adults
- Brain science made simple
- Decision-making skills
- Healthy coping tools
Families · Support
Parents
- Conversation guides
- Family discussion questions
- Warning signs and protective factors
- Media recommendations
- Expert interviews
- Parent PeerCaster stories
Educators · Teach
Teachers
- Classroom-ready resources
- Discussion guides
- Short educational videos
- Student activities
- Research summaries
- Professional development content
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Featured This Week
Why Your Brain Loves Risk
The Science of Dopamine
What I Wish I Knew in 6th Grade
How One Choice Changed My Life
Ask a Scientist
Ask a Peer
Building Confidence
Friendship Pressure
Managing Stress
Series
Choice Lab Originals
The Choice Project
Students explore real-life dilemmas and how different decisions lead to different outcomes.
Brain Highways
Animated series explaining how the adolescent brain develops.
What Happens Next?
Interactive stories that allow students to consider multiple paths and consequences.
Real Talk
Young adults share lived experiences about choices, mistakes, growth, and resilience.
Ask the Experts
Scientists, educators, physicians, and counselors answer student questions.
Parent Corner
Raising Humans Is Hard
Parents don't need all the answers. Choice Lab provides practical tools to help families have meaningful conversations before problems occur.
Teacher Hub
Ready-to-Use Classroom Resources
Bring science and lived experience into the classroom with curriculum-aligned content built for middle school educators.
Science Explains Why
Evidence-based educational content from AES and partner researchers — translated for curious minds.
Stories Explain How
Lived experience stories from PeerCasters, students, parents, educators, and young adults.
"Science gives us knowledge. Stories give us understanding. Together they help us make better choices."
Earn Badges
Choice Challenges
Live & Upcoming
Community Events
Monthly
Student Live Events
Bi-weekly
Parent Workshops
Quarterly
Teacher Roundtables
Monthly
AES Community Conversations
Weekly
PeerCaster Live Sessions
About the Partnership
Science Meets Lived Experience
Addiction Education Society
Provides evidence-based prevention and education expertise grounded in neuroscience and public health research.
LXN+
Provides storytelling, lived experience content, creator networks, community engagement, and digital distribution.
Together, Choice Lab combines science and lived experience to help young people build healthier futures.
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