1. http://www.50states.com/flag/miflag.htm Our Michigan Symbols By Ms. Overton’s 3 rd and 4 th Graders

2. State seal http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/seals/mi_seal.htm http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1638_8731-22823--,00.html This seal is on the blue Michigan flag. Some of the words on the seal say, “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you.

3. http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article_384.shtml http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Michigan/AmericanRobin_bird.html Michigan state bird robin

4. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/fish/mi_brook_trout.htm http://www.statefishart.com/states/midwest/mi.htm Fish symbols Allison Fayth ! It is colorful all around with blue, red, and green spots on its sides. It grows about 8 inches to 10 inches.

5. http://www.50states.com/flower/michigan.htm http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/mi_apple_blossom.htm http://homeschooling.about.com/library/blmiflower.htm State flower the apple blossom since 1897 http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Michigan/MichiganSymbols.html

6. http://www.statefossils.com/mi/mifossil.html Mastodon. They looked like hairy elephants and they lived long ago.

7. http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/chlorastrolite.htm Michigan state gem greenstone! Our state government voted to make this our gem in 1973. you can find this in Lake Superior by Isle Royale.

8. http://www.h-net.org/~michigan/symbols/rep.html http://www.oaklandweb.com/govt/state/stat e_symbols.htm http://www.northrup.org/photos/pai nted-turtle/ Painted turtle state reptile A while ago some students felt we should have a state reptile. In 1995 the painted turtle became Michigan’s state reptile.

9. Whitetail Deer http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Michigan/mammal_deer.html# State mammal. Over a million deer live here.

10. State Soil Kalkaska http://urbanext.illinois.edu/soil/less_pln/color/mi.htm ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/mi_soil.pdf The state government chose this soil in 1990 so we would remember how important soil is for growing food.

11. http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Michigan/wildflowerLakeIris.html Dwarf Lake Iris Wildflower It’s hard to find and it’s very small.

12. http://www.statefossils.com/mi/mistone.html http://www.dayooper.com/petoskey.htm Petoskey stone It has a design on it that shows up better when you put water on it. Petoskey stones are left over ancient coral from Michigan was covered with a sea. The stones are very old.

13. http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Michigan/tree_easternwhitepine.html White pine http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/p/susmitree.htm http://www.oaklandweb.com/govt/state/state_symbols.htm It is an evergreen. It always stays green in snow and in bad days. Lots of people used it for lumber long ago. It grows best in the north part of the state.

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