Your help could further MMSA’s vision of a brighter STEM future for the State of Maine and the nation. Today, I ask you to support MMSA and become a part of the movement to support exciting new ways for our youth to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.
MMSA’s ACRES project receives $1.85 million NSF Grant to improve rural afterschool training
A potentially game changing, innovative way to experience professional development is coming to Maine and will then be rolled out across the country. Out of school educators, including librarians will soon benefit from Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance’s (MMSA) most recent grant award MMSA has received a National Science Foundation ASIL grant. 1.85 million dollars… [Read More]
MMSA’s Research and Evaluation Team is Growing…come and learn with us!
Over the past 4 years MMSA has been growing our capacity to do research and evaluation on both the projects we design and to work with others interested in identifying the impact of their professional development programs. Our research team includes some of the most well respected researchers in the field like Dr. Sue Allen… [Read More]
COME JOIN US! August 15, 2017 *Past Event*
The Reach Center @ MMSA has twice convened Maine educators who are interested in starting or are part of STEM academies, schools or programs. We use the University of Chicago STEM Schools Taxonomy to categorize programs in several ways: Depth: programs that delve deeper or more rigorously into STEM courses, such as honors or AP;… [Read More]
Postcard from the NSTA Conference
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference is always an exciting event where we can showcase MMSA’s programs as well as listen to talks from others that measure best practice and new innovations. This year’s NSTA conference in Los Angeles was no exception. MMSA’s WeatherBlur citizen science project presented its use of the S.M.A.R.T process… [Read More]
Scott Byrd, Ph.D.
MMSA Title: Researcher Scott Byrd joined MMSA in January 2017 as a researcher. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Irvine and a Masters in Environmental Sciences from Oklahoma State University. Scott has been an active researcher for over 15 years in the fields of human rights and social justice,… [Read More]
MMSA welcomes researcher Scott Byrd
Scott Byrd is our most recent addition to the MMSA Team. As a researcher, he will coordinate the educational research and evaluation of MMSA programs and support staff at every step of the research process from proposal to data archiving. Before joining MMSA Scott was an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Murray State University in… [Read More]
WeatherBlur’s King Tide Investigation
MMSA awarded to be the evaluator of STEMeX with IMLS
On Dec 20, 2016 the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced that they have awarded to the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance a two-year National Leadership Grant (MG-00-17-0003-17). MMSA will work in unusually close collaboration with IMLS as we evaluate a new federal program called STEMeX. STEMex is a highly experimental program that… [Read More]
Coming Soon: New, Improved Maine STEM Resource Bank
We’re collaborating with The Connectory, a national resource overseen by the National Girls Collaborative, to make our Maine STEM Resource Bank even better. Our Maine connections and dedication to including important Maine-based STEM resources will now be hosted on a platform using The Connectory’s technology and user interface. The Reach Center project at MMSA developed… [Read More]