Every year for the past several, the Academy for Scientific Investigation (now renamed the Mexican Academy of Sciences) and the National Research Council have sponsored some extracurricular activities destined to promote Science and the Image of Science in the republic. This year was the ninth such attempt, for which a group of students worked for two months on various projects, which can be consulted to learn about the individual projects. By contrast, some underlying themes of the activities carried out under our sponsorship are outlined below.