On Read, Write, ROAR! Explore Michigan’s state tree, the White Pine, through poetry, and learn how to choose the perfect [...]

Learn how to turn everyday moments into vivid, captivating prose! Jeff Kass shows us how to capture the "feel of [...]

Explore Michigan’s state tree, the White Pine, through poetry! Learn how to enhance your writing by choosing the perfect words [...]

Visit a nature preserve and discover the amazing world of the Great Blue Heron. Learn how preserves protect wildlife and [...]

Take a stroll through the garden with Miss Audra! Hear bees buzzing, frogs croaking, and leaves rustling as you explore [...]

Discover how to decode multisyllabic words like "linear" and "popular" using prefixes, suffixes, and root words! Join Mrs. Mora as [...]

On Read, Write, ROAR! Learn how to create a "found poem" by discovering powerful words in existing texts and transforming [...]

What if you could write a poem without using your own words? Jeff Kass shows you how to create a [...]

Explore how background sounds enhance the storytelling experience by creating mood and realism in this fun lesson on sound design [...]

Explore the dangers of air pollution and learn how to advocate for clean air by writing formal letters to Michigan’s [...]

Blast off to outer space with Miss Audra! Create the sounds of spaceships, mission control, and your own heartbeat in [...]

Explore the secrets of words like "pollutant" and "susceptible" with Mrs. Mora. This episode links word decoding to air quality [...]

On Read, Write, ROAR! Discover how tiny goldfish can threaten the Great Lakes ecosystem and learn about cause and effect [...]

Discover how invasive species threaten Michigan’s rivers and lakes. Learn how to identify and prevent the spread of aquatic invaders [...]

Head to the frozen tundra with Miss Audra! Imagine the sounds of avalanches, polar bears, and the icy wind as [...]

Explore the surprising wildlife of Detroit with Ms. Rodgers! From beavers to raccoons, learn why wild animals call this busy [...]

What do "adaptable" and "favorable" have in common? Mrs. Mora shows how to decode these words while connecting them to [...]

A magic ping-pong ball, invisible soda and floating eggs? Explore the concept of molecular density, and an object's ability to [...]

Rubber band boogie, space phones and magic spoons? Explore the concept of sound energy resulting from vibrations. Investigate sound's ability [...]

A can crusher, sipping races and an egg-citing bottle? Explore the power of air pressure and the fact that air [...]

A balloon in a bottle, building a lung and bubbles? Explore the positive properties of air, namely gases take up [...]

An unpoppable balloon, spinning soda and a simple steamboat? Explore thermal energy and how different materials conduct heat. STEM Challenge: [...]

Rock vs. paper, accelerating washers and drop it, don't break it. Explore gravity and how an object's mass determines its [...]

A slow-poke magnet, chaotic pendulum and opposing grapes? Explore magnetic fields and the characteristics that make ferromagnetic and diamagnetic materials, [...]

Color-changing breath, chemical goo and elephant toothpaste? Explore chemical reactions and discover how hydrogen molecules break and fuse to create [...]

Floating finger, hole in my hand, bulls-eye drop? Explore the complexity of vision, and how the eye and the brain [...]

Trebuchet trials, magic paper, lift your parent? Explore the concept of levers, how they work, and how they’re used. STEM [...]

Light energy travels in straight lines and in waves. When light strikes a plane or a flat surface, it reflects [...]

Eating is a complex process. Learn about how your mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestines work to make food digest. STEM [...]

Explore how air affects things, and how Bernoulli explains how we can fly. STEM Challenge: make a hoop glider.

Dancing droplets, milk mayhem, and tire treads? Explore the characteristics of liquids and how they work in our daily lives. [...]

Bridges are a natural part of human history and ingenuity and are as simple as crossing a fallen tree across [...]

Learn about the layers that make up the earth and how they interact to affect the landscape. STEM Challenge: making [...]

When objects are in physical contact with one another and rub together there is a molecular force that acts on [...]

Mechanical energy is the combined potential and kinetic energy in an object that enables work to occur through the movement [...]

Human batteries, electric lemon, potato possibilities and more! The Curious Crew learns that batteries are used to change chemical energy [...]

Spinning eggs and more! The Curious Crew learns that an object that is still or at rest will stay at [...]

Buoyant candy, marshmallow melee and more! The Curious Crew learns that it’s funny to think that candy is related to [...]

Multi-staging balloons, water bottles, air rockets and more! The Curious Crew learns that in order for rockets to lift off [...]

Broken bones, tendon tricks, acidic exoskeletons and more! The Curious Crew learns that our human skeletal system includes the bones, [...]

Sinking stones, aluminum boats, cartesian diver, scuba action figures, hot air balloons and more! The Curious Crew learns that buoyancy [...]

Football bounce and flight, sticky fingers and more! The Curious Crew learns that a football’s shape makes it more difficult [...]

Racing cans, pencil spinners, bowling ball bangers and more! The Curious Crew learns that whenever something is moving, it has [...]

Resonant rods, rings and pipes and powerful pendulums! The Curious Crew learns that every object has the potential to vibrate, [...]

Difficult doorknobs, funnel races, water wheels and pinwheel power! The Curious Crew learns that a wheel and axle consists of [...]

Lava lamps, slo-motion balls, clouds in bottles and more! The Curious Crew discovers that solids, liquids and gasses take up [...]

Human conductivity, electrical resistance, series & parallel circuits and more! The Curious Crew learns how all circuits have three things: [...]

Sliding chocolate, curious cocoa, sweet textures and more! The Curious Crew learns how modern day chocolate chemistry has become one [...]

Echo location, tympanic membranes, radio teeth and more! The Curious Crew learns how our ears are designed to capture incoming [...]

Candle see-saws, balanced meter sticks, ‘getting a grip’ and more! The Curious Crew explores how the force of torque helps [...]