A year in the life of a brilliant science teacher and his award-winning students, who are trying to change the world--all while surviving high school.

At Greenwich High School, Andy Bramante's science classroom is equal parts elite research lab, student counseling office, and teenage hangout spot. The former corporate scientist helms one of the most ambitious research classes in the country: his students have won Google's Science Fair, invented and patented a fast and inexpensive test for Ebola, and been invited to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm. They're also teenagers navigating relationships, triumphs and setbacks both academic and personal, and the stressful task of applying for college. To name just a few, there's William, the multi-faceted prodigy who's so driven he aces AP exams for classes he didn't even take; Ethan, who essentially outgrows high school in his junior year and founds his own company to commercialize a project he started in the class; and Sophia, a Lyme disease victim whose ambitious work is dedicated to curing her own debilitating ailment.

In this intimate look at a year in the life of "Mr. B" and his students, journalist Heather Won Tesoriero embeds in their unconventional classroom as they brainstorm and bring to life their professional-level projects. Over the course of the 2016-17 school year, we experience the thrill of discovery, the heartache of failed experiments, the ups and downs of the science-fair circuit, and perhaps the highest of all highs: a "yes" from Harvard.