All about Michigan
Websites for studying about Michigan
Forestry for Kids
Kids often play in the woods and enjoy learning things about their surroundings. Check-out these links for great activities kids will love. (Most appropriate for children in or around 5th grade.)
Michigan Forest Resource Alliance (MFRA)
Adopt a Forest
Society of American Foresters
A to Z Kids Stuff - Michigan
Fun Educational Activities
Kids Konnect.com - Michigan
A safe Internet gateway for kids of all ages!
Michigan Fun Facts
U.S. Census Bureau
TheUS50.com - Michigan
New state Study Guides have been added to the Fast Facts pages!
The 50 States - Michigan
From TeachersFirst. A comprehensive resource on America's states for upper elementary students.
Mr. Donn.org - Michigan
Lesson Plans for Teachers. Activities & Games for Kids.
Class Brain.com - Michigan
Start gathering all the information and images you need to make an A+ state report project for school.
Explore the States - Michigan
From the Library of Congress. Games and stories of America's past.
50 States.com - Michigan
Fast Facts & Trivia
More websites for studying about Michigan...
Local homeschooling groups, classes, and events for Michigan
Macomb Christian Homeschoolers
G-MICH: Greenville Michigan Inclusive Connection for HomeLearners
Michigan Gifted Homeschool Group
Michigan Gifted Homeschool Group
More Michigan homeschooling groups, classes, and events ...
State Facts
Michigan was the 26th state to join the union. It became a state on January 26, 1837.
Capital - Lansing
Abbreviation - MI
Nickname - Wolverine State
Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" - If you are seeking a amenable peninsula, look around you
Song - Michigan, My Michigan
Bird - Robin
Flower - Apple Blossom
Insect -
Area - approximately 96,810 square miles
Michigan field trips
Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge is North America's Largest Family of Indoor Waterpark resorts, and the ultimate destination for your next family getaway. Designed to capture the atmosphere of the Northwoods, our waterparks offer an amazing guest experience in a one-of-a-kind, rustically elegant setting. The perfect place for families to re-connect, and create lifelong memories.
With one of our fully-themed resort suites as your family's base camp, you can set out on your Great Wolf adventure. You'll likely first discover our gigantic indoor waterpark, where it's always 84 degrees. And that's just the beginning. Besides our waterparks, don't miss our themed restaurants, interactive arcades, full service spas (and even a version for kids!), fitness centers, and so much more. And with more than 10 locations coast to coast, Great Wolf Lodge is the perfect, weatherproof, year-round destination for your busy family.
So whether your family splashes the day away in the waterpark, enjoys a delicious family meal in our restaurant, or enjoys our nightly Storytime together before calling it a night, we think you'll agree, there's no time, like a Great Wolf time.
Selfridge Military Air Museum
The Selfridge Military Air Museum and Air Park, located on Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens Michigan, is the primary outreach effort of the Michigan Air Guard Historical Association. The association was formed to preserve the heritage and tradition of the Air National Guard in Michigan and the military units, past and present, headquartered at Selfridge ANG Base and in the surrounding communities.
Sanilac County Historic Village & Museum
The Sanilac County Historic Village & Museum is a collection of nine historic buildings located on ten acres of the original Dr. Joseph Loop estate in the Lake Huron harbor village of Port Sanilac. The Sanilac County Historical Society invites you to step back in time as you wander through the beautiful gardens and the Victorian, Edwardian, and vintage buildings and exhibits that are featured on the property. Permanent collections include marine shipwreck items, military memorabilia, and Native American artifacts. The 1872 Loop-Harrison mansion is furnished in period; many of the accoutrements original to the family. A functioning centennial schoolhouse gives hundreds of local elementary-age children the experience of learning in a one-room 1800's environment every year. Our turn of the century General Store and Historic Church still fulfill their original purposes. One of Michigan's most popular performance venues - the Barn Theatre - is housed in the Loop family's 1880's era barn on the museum property and, if you enjoy ghost stories, we have our share of those too. You will travel to another century simply by paying us a visit.
Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Museum
The Saugatuck-Douglas Museum is one of Michigan's best-known and most-visited small town museums, annually drawing nearly 10,000 visitors to its exhibits and more than 40,000 visitors to its outdoor garden and harbor-front walkway.
Virtual field trip online
Saginaw Art Museum
The Saginaw Art Museum is a unique place. Everyone in the Great Lakes Bay Region is fortunate to have such a marvelous institution in their midst. With a permanent collection spanning 4500 years and a dynamic exhibition program featuring the very best regional, national, and internationally recognized art and artists, there is always something interesting and exciting to see at the Saginaw Art Museum.
Saginaw Railroad Museum
A restored 1907 Pere Marquette depot.
There is an HO scale model train display in the basement. Come see the Museum to learn about trains and railroad technology! We'll show you how they were and now are, along with railroad lore and legends, through our changing display of artifacts, tools, photos, maps, and more
Seul Choix Point Lighthouse on Lake Michigan
The Haunted Lighthouse. During the mid-1800's Seul Choix Point was the center of a thriving fishing community, but today, only the lighthouse complex is still active. The light still operates, but with an automated replacement for its original lens. The museum is currently open from Memorial Day through mid October, seven days a week, from 10 am to 6 pm. There are fascinating items in the museum, including a well preserved dugout canoe, one of the rarest finds to be uncovered in the midwest.
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