Activities and ideas at home

Family Resource Center

A place for families across Bay and Arenac counties to see what STEM careers in this region actually look like, and to start those conversations at home, in plain language.

Watch career videos together → Take a virtual tour → Mobile museum & STEM kits →

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Start with a career video

You do not need any equipment or preparation. Every video and tour on the hub is short, free, and made for someone who has never seen the job before. Watch one together and talk about what your kid noticed.

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Career videos from Bay-Arenac ISD

Seven short videos on how engineers think, why measurement matters, and what a manufacturing career actually involves. Each ends with questions worth asking at the dinner table.

Watch them →

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Meet people doing the job

Six career talks with a process engineer, a quality specialist, a millwright apprentice, and others, each one describing the path they took to get there.

Meet them →

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Go inside a real workplace

Eight virtual tours through hospitals, trade shops, road crews, a mill, and a wildlife refuge: the kinds of places you cannot usually walk into.

Take a tour →

In our region

Beyond the screen

The hub also points families to hands-on experiences happening around Bay and Arenac counties.

Mobile Museum & STEM Kits

The regional mobile museum brings hands-on exhibits to schools and libraries across Bay and Arenac counties, and STEM kits can be borrowed to use at home. Call (989) 686-4410 to ask about the schedule or to request a visit.

See the mobile museum →

More for families is on the way

At-home activity kits, family guides, and a calendar of free community STEM events are part of what this hub is built to carry. They appear here as Bay-Arenac ISD and its regional partners add them, and everything new is tagged so you can filter by your child’s grade.

Browse everything on the hub →

Start exploring

Find resources fit for your family

Filter the resource library by grade, topic, and type. Search for a specific career, browse what peers are discovering, or follow a recommended starter set to jump in.

Search the family library →

A family member working with young children on a coding activity.