Building community connections for taking action on climate change! Get City youth embarked on a journey of self-discovery, exploring who they are, their favorite places, foods, music, and activities. They also explored how they connected to science/STEM, and where they have experienced science/STEM. They started their map by brainstorming and sketching, using a projector to …
October – This Month in GET City!
Starting this month, the youth at Get City are beginning the program with an activity called ‘Mapping Myself’ that represents their unique identities and preferences. Throughout the entire month, they are engaged in different activities focused on climate change, sharing their thoughts, images, feelings, and lived experiences related to notable events such as storms, power …
Im back!
Hey guys I Know it’s been quite sometime since I’ve made a blog for get city. I’ve just been really busy with work and not being able to attend get city the past year. I plan on being able to come back soon when I have time too cause I really miss it. I know …
Visiting MSU
March 4, 2020 Today we had a chance to visit Dr. Scott’s engineering lab where we investigated thermal and pressure sensors. We’re going to use the thermal sensor on our climate change studies back at GET City!
Urban Heat Islands
March 2, 2020 Today we built different biomes and measured their temperature on a glacier, in a park setting and in a built up environment to learn more about how the local environment “heats up” or not in the sun. We used our bright light at the sun, and then measured the temperature of our …
In-land Flooding in Michigan
Feb 24, 2020 Today we build models of our local neighborhoods and modeled flooding! We also DIY our own clay for this project, too! We learned that climate change is going to increase the number of floods in Michigan. Since 1950 the average annual rain and snow in Michigan has increased by 5 to 10 …
Have you experienced Climate Injustice?
Feb 19, 2020 We want to know what your experiences with Climate (In)Justice is? If you have a minute, can you tell us your story? We’re going to be sharing our stories with you, too. A: I have asmtha, and on the days in the summer when it is really hot, I need to stay …
Climate Action in Our Community!
Feb 12, 2020 We got to talk to Mr. C today who told us all about his activist work on environmental racism in our city. He told us about all of the different projects he worked on, and the different approaches and strategies he uses. It was very inspirational!
What do we want? Climate Justice!
Feb 10, 2020 What do we want? Climate Justice! When do we want it? Now! We are studying how climate change is impacting our community. In Lansing there are four main ways that climate change impacts us: 1. In-land flooding (because the rivers cannot handle the more intense rain storms) 2. Poorer air quality on …
InterMedia Workshop!
Jan 29, 2020 Today we conducted a workshop for our parents and peers. We wanted to teach everyone about how we created and built our Inter-Media Projects. 6:00pm Introductions to GET City: Who are we? 6:10pm Intermedia Projects: What are they and why are they important to us? 6:15pm Youth individual projects 6:30pm GET City …
