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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  • Executive Director Catherine Kelly

    Executive Director Catherine Kelly

    Career Exploration6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade

    Catherine Kelly is Executive Director of a nonprofit community news, information and engagement media service called BridgeDetroit.

  • Vice President of Footwear Operations Nathaniel Croft II

    Vice President of Footwear Operations Nathaniel Croft II

    Career Exploration6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade

    Vice President of Footwear Operations at Pingree Detroit, Nathaniel Croft II creates handmade footwear using recycled leather from Detroit’s auto industry.

  • Recycling Freighters
    Lesson 2305

    Recycling Freighters

    Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Explore the phenomenon of shipbreaking, including how the technique of breaking down freighters allows us to recycle the materials and parts of the ship for ot…

  • 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.

  • How to be an Aviation Mechanic
    Lesson 6

    How to be an Aviation Mechanic

    Career Exploration6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade

    Aviation student Madeline talks with Madison Shinaberry, an aviation mechanic, to learn what a day in the life of an aviation mechanic is like, the different e…

  • How to be an Airline Pilot
    Lesson 5

    How to be an Airline Pilot

    Career Exploration6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade

    Madeline Steffe, an aviation student at Eastern Michigan University, talks with pilots Lindsey Jorgensen and Katherine Haas to learn all about what it takes to…