6th – 8th Grade

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Wild Hope

Crisscross the globe to spotlight the changemakers who are restoring and protecting the natural world.

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Visual Thinking Strategies

Guide learners through research-based strategies for active processing as they view, read, or experience something new.

The Group Chat

Middle and high school students share their thoughts on current events and issues that affect students everywhere.

The Career Center

Real teens explore the opportunities in their future and the paths available to find their dream career.

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InPACT at Home

home-based physical activity program that enables K-12 students to engage in physical activity and education.

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GreenBeats

Mr. C and the science crew investigate the world through experiments and demonstrations.

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Great Lakes Now

Providing coverage of issues around protecting, cherishing, and enjoying the Great Lakes.

Future of Me

Explore STEM careers by meeting women who work in those fields.

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  • Combating Food Waste
    Lesson 2306

    Combating Food Waste

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Gain insights into the reality of food waste, research efforts in their local communities to combat it, and conduct an experiment to investigate the impact of …

  • Surveying Shipwrecks
    Lesson 2307

    Surveying Shipwrecks

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Explore the phenomenon of corrosion as students learn about sunken ships in the Great Lakes and the glass-bottomed tour boats that take people to explore them.

  • Shoreline Stones
    Lesson 2308

    Shoreline Stones

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Explore the phenomenon of erosion as students learn about the diversity of rocks present in the Great Lakes.

  • Great Lakes Gradients
    Lesson 2309

    Great Lakes Gradients

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Explore the phenomenon of natural gradients as students learn about how the natural flow of the Great Lakes landscape can provide a smooth path for mountain bi…

  • Dynamic Populations
    Lesson 2310

    Dynamic Populations

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Explore the phenomenon of the moose-wolf population dynamics on Isle Royale as students learn how one of our lesser-known national parks provides a firsthand o…

  • Shoreline Science
    Lesson 2311

    Shoreline Science

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Explore the phenomenon of shoreline erosion as students learn how bodies of water, like rivers, carve out the landscapes around them, moving and depositing sed…

  • All About Aquaculture
    Lesson 2405

    All About Aquaculture

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Explore the phenomenon of whitefish population decline in the Jordan River by Green Bay, Wisconsin.

  • Superior Waters Warming
    Lesson 2404

    Superior Waters Warming

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    The coldest and largest of the Great Lakes has been experiencing steady increases in average temperatures for a few decades, enough to give rise to concern for…