by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 1, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Students learned about Maple Syrup and its importance for indigenous tribes across the Great Lakes. By: Jesse, Lucy, Teagan and Emmy, 3rd Grade Teacher: Jim Barnes, Wylie Elementary, Dexter Type: Powerpoint Click on the links above to see other gallery entries...
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
Students began the year looking at the quality of the water in Mill Creek by assessing what living things were (or weren’t) present. They have continued learning about biodiversity in many different biomes and now are looking at healthy and unhealthy Riparian...
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
Wylie Elementary students wondered about the Huron River Watershed. We came up with these questions: How can you tell if a river’s watershed is healthy? How healthy is the Huron River? What are ways that we can help the community keep the Huron River and Watershed...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
Our third grade students received a challenge letter from the city of Dexter to help them pick out tree species to be handed out for the annual Arbor Day event. The city gave students criteria of how to pick the best trees- such as making sure they were native to...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
The Eber/Bowman Fourth Grade Team at Wylie Elementary in Dexter researched Michigan Watersheds and our favorite Michigan Rivers. We used data from The Huron River Watershed Council website to learn about the whole Huron River Creekshed. We learned about the healthy...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025
The Eber/Bowman Fourth Grade Team at Wylie Elementary in Dexter researched Michigan Watersheds and our favorite Michigan Rivers. We researched the impact that humans have on rivers. We used the school Stream Table to create an unhealthy river and came up with ways...
