A fossil in the palm of someone's hand

Our students enjoyed a trip to the Cranbrook Institute of Science!

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Opening Frame: MSD students went to the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills on May 7, 2025. The students took the fossils workshop to detect the ages of species. They had a lot of fun!

Pictures 1 – 3: Arriving at Cranbrook.

Pictures 4 – 13: Fossils workshop, students work to sort ages of fossil specimens.

Picture 14: Students by a Globe.

Picture 15-19: Rock exhibits

Picture 20: Exhibit about salt mines under the city of Detroit.

Picture 21-23: Exhibits of accomplishments of women in science.

Picture 24-25: How mountains are formed.

Picture 26: Globe showing stars in the sky.

Picture 27: Exhibit of tools used in astronomy.

Picture 28: A painting of Galileo.

Picture 29-32: T-Rex and other fossils, including a mammoth.

Picture 33-35: Fresh water zones exhibit.

Picture 36: A shrunken head.

Picture 37: Exhibit of various wooden machines.

Picture 38: Student appears to be standing in a tub of water, it’s an exhibit about Archimedes experiment with water.

Picture 39 – 40: Exhibit about books.

Picture 41: Short video of science through the ages.

Picture 42: Short video of a simulated ride in the planetarium.

Picture 43 – 44: Butterfly exhibits.

Picture 45-48: Kinetic machines exhibit.