Lake Erie Water Festival
May 2019
9:30 am – 2:00 pm
IHM Motherhouse
610 W. Elm St. Monroe, MI
The Lake Erie Water Festival is a day-long educational event for 6th grade students in Monroe County. Through hands-on activities and demonstrations, students will learn about water science, pollution prevention and sustainability concepts using the award-winning IHM green campus as a living laboratory.
Students will attend six different 25-minute educational presentations where environmental experts will share their knowledge with age-appropriate activities. We thank the following organizations for their contributions towards educating the next generation of sustainability leaders at the festival. They include:
- River Raisin Institute
- Monroe County ISD
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office
- Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority
- River Raisin Watershed Council
- UM Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center
- IHM Sisters, and more!
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Students explore benthic macro-invertebrates from the Raisin River at a learning station manned by the RRWC.
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The Dirt Doctors from Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office teach about erosion control.
Dorothy McCleer from the UM Dearborn EIC teaches about historic Ribbon Farmers in Monroe, MI.
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