Observed arrival · 2026-11-09
The Lab: Detroit as science classroom
A free, NGSS-aligned science resource for grades 6–12, with lessons and activities built around Detroit and adaptable to students’ own cities.
- For
- Middle- and high-school science teachers
- Worth noticing
- The homepage lists 21 print-ready handouts with teacher keys and eight original in-browser simulations.
Field notes
Subject pages are organized for middle- and high-school use and pair bell-ringers, downloadable lab handouts, teacher keys, simulations, project briefs, and exit tickets. The page lists 21 print-ready handouts and eight original in-browser simulations, alongside curated PhET and public-data tools. Detroit examples include Great Lakes water testing, bridge design, urban heat islands, and Motown acoustics; each lab’s “Bring It Home” step points students toward national datasets such as NOAA, USGS, EPA, CDC, and iNaturalist.
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