Learning Across Five Lakes and Two Peninsulas
Find hidden gems across Michigan and learn what makes our home state a great place to live and learn!
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Video segment from 3rd – 12th grade series On Location With the Michigan Learning Channel
Videos that Explore Michigan
- Surveying ShipwrecksLesson 2307
Surveying Shipwrecks
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeExplore 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.
- Combating Food WasteLesson 2306
Combating Food Waste
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeGain 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 …
- Recycling FreightersLesson 2305
Recycling Freighters
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeExplore 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…
- On Location at a Detroit Historical Archaeology Site
On Location at a Detroit Historical Archaeology Site
Exploring MichiganVirtual Field Trips6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th GradeLearn about the 7 Grandfather Teachings by taking a visit to the Ziibiwing Center in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
- Sweet Sweet EnergyLesson 2304
Sweet Sweet Energy
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeExplore the phase changes associated with water going between the liquid and solid state in order to learn about the formation of ice that is climbable, the me…
- Citizen Science and the Great LakesLesson 2303
Citizen Science and the Great Lakes
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeExplore the phase changes associated with water going between the liquid and solid state in order to learn about the formation of ice that is climbable, the me…
- On Location with the Ziibiwing Center
On Location with the Ziibiwing Center
Exploring MichiganVirtual Field Trips1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade, KindergartenLearn about the 7 Grandfather Teachings by taking a visit to the Ziibiwing Center in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
- How Cold is Melting Ice?Lesson 2302
How Cold is Melting Ice?
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeExplore the phase changes associated with water going between the liquid and solid state in order to learn about the formation of ice that is climbable, the me…