June 24 – 30: Take Flight Week

From planes and kites to butterflies and birds, discover the fables and physics of things that fly.

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Tweens

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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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  • Bumble Bee
    Lesson 01

    Bumble Bee

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

    Follow along as staff from the Ann Arbor District Library make cute little animals with just a bit of polymer clay!

  • Cloud Stories with Lucy
    Lesson 102

    Cloud Stories with Lucy

    Pre-K

    Join Lucy for some stories and songs from her house!

  • Paper Airplane Science
    Lesson 508

    Paper Airplane Science

    Science3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    It’s a bird! It’s a paper airplane! It’s science! The Curious Crew explores the aerodynamics behind different kinds of paper airplanes including boomerangs, gl…

  • Power Punching
    Lesson 28

    Power Punching

    Health & Fitness4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade

    Learn proper form for throwing a power punch for upper cuts, jabs, and hooks.

  • Name the Parts of Fractions
    Lesson 307

    Name the Parts of Fractions

    Math3rd Grade

    Join Ms. Askew for a division word problem with her friend Professor Barble. Next, get ready to start to explore fractions by learning about partitioning parts…

  • Describe Parts of Fractions
    Lesson 308

    Describe Parts of Fractions

    Math3rd Grade

    Join Ms. Askew for a division word problem with her friend Professor Barble. Next, to see if you use fraction language to describe fractions (partition, equal …

  • Expanded Form
    Lesson 301

    Expanded Form

    Math2nd Grade

    Join Mrs. McCartney to talk about numbers with Springling! Then watch out for the Value Pak as we have fun with putting numbers together and taking them apart …

  • Numbers Represented in Different Ways
    Lesson 302

    Numbers Represented in Different Ways

    Math2nd Grade

    Join Mrs. McCartney to talk about numbers with Springling! Then be ready to take on the challenge of representing numbers in different ways to show off your le…