by SEMIS Coalition | May 31, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Our 3rd grade students had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with singer-songwriter and environmental educator Joe Reilly to create an original song about their personal connections to nature. Through a blend of storytelling, reflection, and music, students...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 31, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Third graders learned about indigenous tribes in Michigan and their culture, stories and traditions. One of these learnings was around Manoomin, wild rice that was an important winter food for indigenous tribes across the Great Lakes. Students researched rice camps...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Biology students will apply their Master Rain Gardener skills to assess and maintain the rain gardens on the Ypsilanti Community High School campus. As part of this hands-on environmental stewardship project, students will evaluate soil conditions and determine...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Students will be presenting their ideas to help teach their community about fighting Climate Change including protecting trees, composting, saving monarchs, creating a weather kit and stopping plastic waste. By: Lily Lippens, Jace Cochran, Aidan Anderson, Julian...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Salina students learned about climate change’s impact on local communities. They discovered how vulnerability exacerbates the effects of climate change and recognized the crucial role of tree equity alongside climate justice in supporting vulnerable communities....
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Our class has been investigating the big question: How can we work together as a class to fight climate change and help our planet? In this presentation, students will share what they’ve learned about weather, climate, and the effects of climate change on our world....
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
During this presentation students from Renaissance High School will talk about their relationship with the outdoors and how it has been impactful to them. The students will highlight outdoor experiences that they’ve had, including skiing/ snowboarding, ice...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
She is going to create a social media campaign and create a collage of her campaign images and slides on a poster or PowerPoint to share with the audience. By: Syair Hines and Kaitlin Shaw, 11th Grade Teacher: Emily Phillips, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: PDF...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
it is a bioplastic composite used in place of tradition non-biodegradable materials used in battery packs for electric vehicles. By: Alexander Graham, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the links above to...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
It is a climate mitigation tool designed to adhere to the interior of an EV battery and help slow down the process of thermal runaway combustion. By: Paul Garrison, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Engineering design prototype of a solution to increase resiliency to climate change in the Rouge River watershed. By: Lyric Thomas, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the links above to see other gallery...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
A slideshow presentation of how to get the community involved in gardening and limiting food waste. By: Arianna Malloy, Alayla Walters, Victoria Gambles, Jayla Turner, 11th GradeTeacher: Emily Phillips, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Video Click on...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Engineering design prototype of a solution to remove excess carbon from our atmosphere. By: Tyrone Taylor, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the links above to see other gallery entries with the same...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Students will present their findings from testing river and creek water on the campus for toxins, conductivity, and ph to compare/contrast safety. They will also talk about the solutions they propose to make the water safer. By: Erica Robinson, Marina Echegoyen,...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Students will present on their argument for a more sustainable method of world conflict resolution based on their findings about air toxins and the Willow Run Bomber Plant contributions to WWII. By: Arianna Inman, Samuel Bentley, Emma Berehendt, Riley Eilertson,...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
By Annalies “Anni” Messner, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan Climate change is bad for the Earth because it makes the surfacewarmer, it can kill plants by drying them out, and most of all, it’s caused by humans!!! One reason climate change is bad for the...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
By Juliette Dubuque, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan https://planetdetroit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Natalie-Hanlon_01.mp3 My name is Juliette, and I’m in fourth grade. And right now, climate change is affecting my life. It’s real hot, I’ll tell you...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
By Alice Meek, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan What are some of the things I have heard about climate change? What has inspired me to take action? I noticed a problem in my school. There’s trash all over the playgrounds. One day my friend and I thought of...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
By Livielle Peters, tree, water, and earth lover, Wylie Elementary School, Dexter, Michigan You, me, trees, water, and our natural world, need each other. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, which we can’t breathe. The more trees that are being cut down, the more...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
By Stella Ruby Hughes, Age 14, Hamtramck High School Climate change has been a part of my reality for as long as I can remember, and for as long as I can remember I have been worried about climate change. So many other beings rely on this Earth to survive, and each...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 16, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
Students share data collected from nearby Paint Creek including Google maps and photos of erosion from water. By: Ashton Alexander, Amin Campbell, Luiz Figueroa, Aawaiz Khan, Ali Mahmoud, Langston Singleton, Trenton Szymchack, Kevine Tengo, Furious Turner, and...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 16, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
Students share knowledge about rain gardens. By: Robert Caddell, Kamren James, Damarko Jordan, Muneeb Tahir, 11th Grade Teacher: Paula Sizemore, Ypsilanti Community/ACTech HS, Ypsilanti Subject: Earth Science/Environmental Science Theme: Climate Change Resilience and...
by Lisa Voelker | Mar 21, 2022 | climate change, Community Mapping, Curriculum, High School, Teacher Toolkit
A big shout out to all the ‘NOAA teachers’, as we say: Mrs. Kerry Williams, Mr. William Albrecht, Ms. Paula Sizemore, Mrs. Andrea Stanczyk, Mrs. Abigail Woodman, and brand new to the initiative is Mr. Dillon Williams. Several teachers in the Coalition are part of a...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 27, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Stefany Rios, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit Subject: Biology Theme: Climate...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Edwin Quintana, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit Subject: Biology Theme: Climate...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Ashley Covarrubia and Victoria Guttierrez, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Andrea Galvan, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit Subject: Biology Theme: Climate...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Erandi Caroso, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit Subject: Biology Theme: Climate...
