August 5-11: When I Grow Up Week

All summer we’ll learn about different careers—this week, think about all the exciting possibilities in your future!

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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

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

Videos in This Week's Activity Book

Events

curious crew elephant toothpaste roadshow

Elephant Toothpaste with Curious Crew

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

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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  • Water Chemist

    Water Chemist

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

    Water Chemist Daveda Quinn shows investigator Genesis the importance of chemistry in keeping our water clean and safe! Daveda gives her a tour of the Wastewate…

  • Quick Draw: Practice Makes Pretty Good

    Quick Draw: Practice Makes Pretty Good

    Art3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    The best way to learn is to practice!

  • Quick Draw: Tooling Around

    Quick Draw: Tooling Around

    Art3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

    Different tools provide different types of lines.

  • When I Grow Up
    Lesson 307

    When I Grow Up

    English4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

    The episode discusses some potential careers, including some you may never have thought about, and talks about having the courage to participate in something t…

  • Preservation
    Lesson 4

    Preservation

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

     Have you ever heard of time capsules? Because of how architects have designed the world we live in, any building or structure we come across can be a time cap…

  • Fractions as Decimals
    Lesson 23

    Fractions as Decimals

    Math4th Grade, 5th Grade

    Match visual models to the numbers they represent in fraction and decimal format. Solve problems with decimal fractions. Match visual models to the numbers the…

  • Static Electricity
    Lesson 113

    Static Electricity

    Science4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

    Exploring static electricity.

  • Hero Stories 10: Hook the Reader
    Lesson 110

    Hero Stories 10: Hook the Reader

    English4th Grade, 5th Grade

    In this episode, we'll use different ways to get a reader interested in our story. Each episode of SPTV includes one of these educational lessons. Catch full e…