A Walk in the Park: Youth Ambassadors Help Develop PBSE for Ninth Graders

    Jan 6, 2021     Community Stewardship, Curriculum, Ecosystems / Biodiversity, Environmental Inventory, High School, Uncategorized, Water Quality / Studies

PBE Topics of Inquiry Water and land use, stream ecology, macroinvertebrates, conducted chemical, biological and physical stream monitoring techniques, stream mapping and assessment, nature drawing and journaling. Essential Question What role could the Rouge Park play...

Community Forum

    May 30, 2016     Civic Action / Leadership, Community History, Ecosystems / Biodiversity, High School, Inquiry-Based Learning, Intergenerational Dialogue, Lower Elementary, Middle Grades, Place-Based Education, Upper Elementary

The annual Community Forum provides students and educators with the opportunity to share their work with SEMIS Coalition members in a professional conference setting with peers and community members sharing methods and project development.  This conference puts...
A Walk in the Park, Detroit Institute of Technology, SEMIS Coalition, We Are The Forest

A Walk in the Park, Detroit Institute of Technology, SEMIS Coalition, We Are The Forest

    May 29, 2016     Ecosystems / Biodiversity, Environmental Inventory, High School, Inquiry-Based Learning, NGSS, Place-Based Education, Teacher Toolkit, Water Quality / Studies, Water quality testing

As a result of the Walk in the Park project, students have developed a sense of responsibility for nature in their community. Students have been able to use Rouge Park as a space to learn stewardship skills such as water quality monitoring, conducting environmental...

EcoJustice Book List Review

    Dec 15, 2014     Civic Action / Leadership, Community History, Early Childhood, EcoJustice, Ecosystems / Biodiversity, Environmental Impact, Food Security, Food Systems, Gardens, High School, Inquiry-Based Learning, Literacy, Lower Elementary, Middle Grades, Place-Based Education, Social & Emotional Learning, Upper Elementary, Water Quality / Studies

Have you used these books? Share how! At the Summer Institute, teachers received several books to support EcoJustice literacy and investigating the commons.  These books were chosen for their support of a few different concepts: integrating multiple perspectives into...