Health in Our Hands

See our new article on the "Mystery of the Monkey Flowers" high school biology curriculum in LINKS, the latest edition of MSTA's newsletter. Teachers, find out how you can order the monkey flower seeds free to grow and study in your classroom.

The 2025 Winter MSTA LINKS Publication is now available! Get up to speed on the latest announcements from MSTA, programs & science education, science activities you can implement in your own classroom, and much more! Visit the publications page on our website to check it out!⠀

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We are overwelmed with gratitude.

Partners in education make beautiful things happen! At the Health in Our Hands Health Summit, our goal is to send every student back to school with a swag bag and smiles. Thanks to all of our generous partners, we were able to make that happen this year. On December 9th, teachers and community partners came together to fill 250 swag bags with giveaways dropped off by organizations from all over Genesee County.

Swag bag donations: Molina Healthcare of Michigan, Flint community Schools, Genesee Health System, MiSTEM Network, Genesee Intermediate School District, Motivated by Faith, Inc., Donation with Love foundation, Community Education & Outreach Section Division of Environmental Health Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Greater Flint Health Coalition, Mott Community College, McLaren Health Plan, Serenity House, Genesee County Prevention Coalition

Thank you Molina Health Plan and Mott Community College for the donation of string bags. Thank you Genesee Health System for providing refreshments to our volunteer stuffers!

Congratulations Holmes STEM Middle School Academy and The Official Site of Beecher Community School District middle school students! Two hundred scholars successfully presented research results from their community action research projects to over 50 community and education partners at the Diabetes Health Summit (Dec 12) and the Substance Use Disorder Health Summit (Dec 17) co-hosted by Mott Community College. Students discussed how genetic traits and the environment affect diabetes and how lack of resources in their community are a Social Determinant of Health. They also discussed how looking for thrills can make them miserable and explained their understanding of the difference between obsession and addiction. Great job using your science to find solutions to problems in your community!

Thank you to our judges and volunteers! Special thanks to our great science teachers who brought students who were prepared and engaged AND to Genesee Health System who provided lunch to volunteers and judges.

Congratulations to Flint Community Schools Holmes STEM Middle School Academy 7th graders! You used your science to find solutions to problems in your community!

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Mystery of the Monkey Flower-Evolution curriculum (High School) was presented on June 25, 2024 at the Kellogg Biological Station Michigan State University.

Great job - Beth Rhodes, Gull Lake Community Schools, High School, Consuelo J. Morales, Create for STEM institute-MSU, Academic Specialist, and Misty Klotz, Kellogg Biological Station-MSU, Education and Outreach Coordinator.

CREATE for STEM

Professional Learning Day 1 for Beecher and Flint Teachers who will be teaching the middle school curriculum happened on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 in the Randall Coates Auditorium of the Beecher Community Schools District. Topics discussed included - Introductions & Community Building, Inclusion & Norm Building Goals of the session, Sample Teach 1, Debriefing, Modeling, and much more. Thank you teachers! See you all back in July for Day 2! Thank you for hosting us. Have a great summer! Michigan State University Michigan State University College of Education CREATE for STEM

End of Year Celebration 2024 was a great success! Thank you teachers and community partners for spending the morning with us!

Thank you Maria Salinas, Project Coordinator for your contributions to the Michigan State University College of Education, CREATE for STEM and Health in Our Hands. Her last day is June 30.

Discovering PLACE is excited to offer two professional development opportunities for teachers this summer! Learn more and register at https://bit.ly/DP-SummerInstitutes

What a great day to be on the Michigan State University Campus! 41 Flint Community Schools 10th graders spent time on campus on Friday, May 31st! These students are learning about the Mystery of the Monkeyflower https://hioh.education/
Thank you Flint Center for Educational Excellence, Xzavier Simmons (CMU GEAR UP), Shelly Roberts (Flint Teacher), Dr. David Lowry & Dr. Liz MSU College of Natural Science, Nicole Lipnichan MSU Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics, Samuel Saldivar and Jason Worley (Office of Culture and Transitions).

Last but not least Maria G Salinas, Project Coordinator has been instrumental in making this field trip happen!

CREATE for STEM SEPA - Science Education Partnership Award