Welcome to the SEMIS Coalition’s Student Gallery!

Please enjoy this collection of student stories and projects from SEMIS Coalition member students and schools! This Student Gallery is a public space where young people develop their voices as community leaders, and where you get a glimpse of Place-Based Education that is happening across our region. Keep reading below!

You can view gallery pieces by ‘browsing the tags’ below. Search by teacher, theme, grade, or any other tag that interests you. Thank you for stopping by! The gallery is a grid of small previews—click on any of them to travel to the page where the individual submission lives.

This year’s gallery was made possible through the support of our sponsors: Ann Arbor SPARK East Innovation Center, Bosch Community Fund, Engage at EMU, NOAA Bay Watershed Education & Training, and Toyota Driving Possibilities. We deeply appreciate their commitment to advancing STEM literacy through Place-Based Education.

2025 Student Gallery

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Maple Syrup

Students learned about Maple Syrup and its importance for indigenous tribes across the Great...

Song writing process

Our 3rd grade students had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with singer-songwriter and...

Indigenous Manoomin (wild rice)

Third graders learned about indigenous tribes in Michigan and their culture, stories and...

Creating a School Orchard for Food Justice

We will describe the process we went through to establish a fruit Orchard at our high school and...

Planting Seeds with YCHS Garden Club

First, we will describe our place-based activities from garden club this year and then we will...

A Population Timeline of Ypsilanti, Michigan from C. 1930 to Present Day

This timeline looks at how population has changed from 1930 to present day in Ypsilanti Michigan,...

Legacy Rain Gardens

Biology students will apply their Master Rain Gardener skills to assess and maintain the rain...

Riparian Rangers- Healthy Land Leads to Healthy Water

Students began the year looking at the quality of the water in Mill Creek by assessing what living...

How Kids Can Fight Climate Change

Students will be presenting their ideas to help teach their community about fighting Climate...

Investigating the Huron River Watershed

Wylie Elementary students wondered about the Huron River Watershed. We came up with these...

Dexter Community Arbor Day Project

Our third grade students received a challenge letter from the city of Dexter to help them pick out...

The Huron River: From Headwaters to Mouth

The Eber/Bowman Fourth Grade Team at Wylie Elementary in Dexter researched Michigan Watersheds and...

The Human Impact on Rivers of Michigan

The Eber/Bowman Fourth Grade Team at Wylie Elementary in Dexter researched Michigan Watersheds and...

Impact of Human Activity on Water Systems

Furthermore, they spent time learning about the impact of human development on the water cycle,...

Climate Justice and Tree Equity

Salina students spent the cardmarking learning about climate change's impact on local communities....

From the Ski’s, into the Trees, The Story of Renaissance Outdoor Adventure Club

During this presentation students from Renaissance High School will talk about their relationship...

Campaign to Reduce Air Pollution

She is going to create a social media campaign and create a collage of her campaign images and...

Lignan and TPO Bio-compositing for Flame Retardant Plastics in EVs

it is a bioplastic composite used in place of tradition non-biodegradable materials used in...

Integrating Red Phosphorus Polypropylene Sealant into EVs

It is a climate mitigation tool designed to adhere to the interior of an EV battery and help slow...

Rouge River Watershed Resilience

Engineering design prototype of a solution to increase resiliency to climate change in the Rouge...

Limit your food waste & empower your community

A slideshow presentation of how to get the community involved in gardening and limiting food...

Excess Carbon Removal

Engineering design prototype of a solution to remove excess carbon from our atmosphere. By: Tyrone...

Michener Outdoor Learning Space

The students will present the problem with our old playground. They will then describe the dream...

Consequences of Gentrification

Students will display their proposed policy changes to the county's sustainability plan based on...

What’s in Our Water?

Students will present their findings from testing river and creek water on the campus for toxins,...

Sustainable World Conflict Resolution

Students will present on their argument for a more sustainable method of world conflict resolution...

Timeline—Promises to Keep

Students read Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson, exploring the life and legacy of Jackie...

Outdoor Learning at Freedom Dreams

Our 5th-grade class visited Freedom Dreams, a community land trust on Detroit’s East Side and the...

Riverwise Magazine: Stories of Hope and Healing

Students were invited to share original art, poetry, photography, and writing with Riverwise...

Exploring the Detroit Riverwalk

Exploring the Detroit Riverwalk By: Madeline Kinkead, Merrill Kinkead, Grace Tanabe-Longton,...

Lunch Enhancement Group

The Lunch Enhancement Group is a student-led initiative focused on improving the lunch experience...

Connecting the Ecosystem

Students will engage the audience in an interactive activity that demonstrates the...

Climate Resilience & Food Waste in the Math Classroom

Join us to learn about our investigation of climate resilience and what it means for our...

2025 Community Forum Highlights

Photos by Leisa Thompson

Past Student Galleries

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2023: Michigan State Bird Project

Wylie fourth graders were learning about the Michigan Legislative Process and discovered that...

2023: How to keep the environment safe

In this video, we will be discussing how we can keep our community healthy and safe. By: David...

2023: Littering in Detroit

In this video, we will be discussing the littering problem in Detroit and providing a solution for...

2023: Pros and Cons of a Later Start to Detroit School Day

Our group members researched information on the value of starting Detroit Public School one hour...

2023: Humans of Ypsilanti (1 of 7): Introduction from Teacher Lauren Fardig-Diop

Humans of Ypsilanti is a project started at ACCE High School in 2021, where we interview members...

2023: Humans of Ypsilanti (2 of 7): Pedro Betancourt and David Vidal-Jones

Interviewer, Preston Scherdt . Humans of Ypsilanti is a project started at ACCE High School in...

2023: Humans of Ypsilanti (3 of 7): Heath Reichardt

Interviewee Heath Reichardt Interviewer Semiah Collier For my Humans of Ypsi project, I chose one...

2023: Humans of Ypsilanti (4 of 7): Preston Scherdt

Interviewer Austin Lee Interviewee: Preston Scherdt Humans of Ypsilanti is a project started at...

2023: Humans of Ypsilanti (5 of 7): Maddie Hannah

Interview with Maddie Hannah Where did you grow up? How long have you lived in Ypsi? I grew up in...

2023: Humans of Ypsilanti (6 of 7): Anaya Parker King

Interview with Anaya Parker King Where did you grow up? How long have you lived in Ypsi? I grew up...

2023: Humans of Ypsilanti (7 of 7): Christiana Jackson and James Toliver-Jones

Video of Khamonte Green interviewing Christiana Jackson and James Toliver-Jones Khamonte reading...

2023: Renaissance High School—Climate Change Project Reflections: Part 1 of 2

In this video, you will hear from students discussing their thoughts on learning about climate...

2023: Renaissance High School—Climate Change Project Reflections: Part 2 of 2

In this video, you will hear from students discussing their thoughts on learning about climate...

2023: Protecting our Watershed: When you pollute, it’s being a fool. But when you pick up trash, you’re being cool.

Students created Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to protect the Huron River Watershed. They...

2023: Protecting our Watershed: Put trash in the trash can

Students created Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to protect the Huron River Watershed. They...

2023: Protecting our Watershed: Let’s start filtering

Students created Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to protect the Huron River Watershed. They...

2023: Protecting our Watershed: Goodbye stormwater runoff! Hello rain gardens!

Students created Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to protect the Huron River Watershed. They...

2023: Protecting our Watershed: Stop the spread today!

Students are created Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to protect the Huron River Watershed....

2023: Arbor Day Project

Students from 3 classes at Wylie Elementary in Dexter, MI worked on this project. Wylie Elementary...

2023: Salmon Life Cycle

This presentation documents our year-long adventure raising salmon in the classroom for release...

2022: Youth Voices: Why climate change is bad for the earth

By Annalies “Anni” Messner, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan Climate change is bad for...

2022: Youth Voices: How climate change affects my life

By Juliette Dubuque, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan...

2022: Youth Voices: Do I think about climate change? If so, what are my thoughts?

By Alice Meek, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan What are some of the things I have heard...

2022: Youth Voices: 5 things you can do about climate change

By Livielle Peters, tree, water, and earth lover, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan You,...

2022: Youth Voices: Climate change has been a part of my reality for as long as I can remember

By Stella Ruby Hughes, Age 14, Hamtramck High School Climate change has been a part of my reality...

2022: Hand

"This diagram is a hand representation of our Voice Level chart at The James and Grace Lee Boggs...

2022: Paradise

A voice chart illustration shows three birds, a sun, a palm tree, and a house with footprints...

2022: Flower

A voice chart diagram in the shape of a flower. Labeled "Stay Safe!, with 5 petals of a flower...

2022: Wylie Water Walkers; Spark News

Wylie students were inspired by Mother Earth Water Walkers to bring awareness to the importance of...

2022: Wylie Wonder World: Be Kind!

This project was inspired by Wylie students expressing concern about the first day when masks...

2022: Pyramid

A voice chart that's labeled "3-5 Hallway Voice Level Chart", with 0-4 decibel levels, with 4 at...

2022: Beaverology

This group will present information about what we have learned about pertaining to our exploration...

2022: Beavers are Ecosystem Engineers

Third graders at Wylie Elementary school became aware of beaver activity on Mill Creek in downtown...

2022: Water Consumption Survey Results

My name is Uriel and I have created two survey questions that could help our school further...

2022: Water Consumption Contest

The 7th graders studied data from the school water fountain about the amount of 20 oz bottles have...

2022: Caring for Air

A voice chart that's labeled "How Loud Am I?", with 0-4 decibel levels "This diagram was created...

2022: Power of Water: Paint Creek

Students share data collected from nearby Paint Creek including Google maps and photos of erosion...

2022: Rain Garden FAQs

Students share knowledge about rain gardens. By: Robert Caddell, Kamren James, Damarko Jordan,...

2022: Detroit River

The Detroit skyline with a bridge and the Huron River in front of it, view from the highway This...

2022: Cleaning Up Around Our School

What can we do to take matters into our own hands and care for our school/community? Check this...

2022: Sacred Heart

A grassy cemetery filled with gravestones of various sizes and trees This image was chosen because...

2022: Recycling – A PSA

Many people don't pay attention to where they throw their trash and recycling. We want to teach...

2022: A Greener Detroit

A greener Detroit means more trees in our public parks and better air quality.Note: Student...

2022: How does Bullying Impact Student Learning?

For our presentation we will be talking about how bullying has a negative impact on student...

2022: Beautiful

A color image of a pond with a rocks around the perimenter. A gravestone is on the right side....

2022: Ugly

Close-up of a half burned cigarette laying in a groove on a white piece of plastic This image was...

2022: A Crime Against Nature

Yellowing grass and a chainlink fence with trees and a grey sky behind it This image was chosen...

2022: Birds of a Feather

A flock of 21 birds flying across a grey sky This image was chosen because birds are important to...

2022: My Shell Broke

A black and white pencil drawing of an egg with a hole cracked into it, laying on the ground The...

2022: Seagulls on a Lamp Post

A black and white drawing of a seagull sitting on a lamp post, with two clouds in the background...

2022: Sacred

Black and white drawing of a tree of two geese on Belle Isle, with a chainlink fence in the...

2022: Tree

Black and white drawing of a tree with a chain link fence in the background This is a drawing from...

2022: Litter of Cigarettes

A colored pencil drawing of a cigarette in grass This is a drawing from a student inspired by how...