July 22-28: Engineering Week

Meet the people who design bridges, cars, and video games and learn how to think like an engineer.

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Events

curious crew elephant toothpaste roadshow

Elephant Toothpaste with Curious Crew

Virtual Event in partnership with WKAR on June 22 at 10am

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Detroit Zoo Penguins event with Michigan Learning Channel

Behind the Scenes with the Penguins from the Detroit Zoo

Online Event on June 24 at 10am

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This Week's Lessons

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  • Architectural Designer

    Architectural Designer

    Career Exploration3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Architectural Designer Tiffany Brown “builds” Janellyn’s knowledge about architecture! Janellyn learns the science and art that goes into the process of creati…

  • Computer Software Developer

    Computer Software Developer

    Career Exploration3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Computer Coder Hillary Lewandowski explains to Curious Crew investigator Janellyn how programming language is used to create interactive websites. Ms. Lewandow…

  • Robotics Engineer

    Robotics Engineer

    Career Exploration3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Robotics and Automation Educator Sid Mosley demonstrates to Curious Crew investigator Janellyn how students and professionals retrain for new careers by learni…

  • Engineering
    Lesson 305

    Engineering

    English1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade

    The co-founder of GoSili, which makes environmentally-friendly cups and straws, Stacey Feeley visits City Opera House to read the book Garbage or Recycling. Th…

  • Bowl of Cereal

    Bowl of Cereal

    Art3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade

    Do you like cute little fun foods? Watch this video and see how we made one with just a bit of polymer clay.

  • Landmarks
    Lesson 3

    Landmarks

    ArchitectureMathScience1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten

     How many different kinds of landmarks can you find in one neighborhood? Landmarks in a neighborhood act as an “anchor”. Just like how an anchor on a ship hold…

  • Closed and Open Syllables
    Lesson 210

    Closed and Open Syllables

    English3rd Grade

    Work with words that have open syllables and organize ideas for an opinion writing.

  • Mystery Word and Opinion Writing
    Lesson 209

    Mystery Word and Opinion Writing

    English3rd Grade

    Find a mystery word, read a poem, and look at an example of opinion writing