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.
Maine’s Nature-Based Education Indicators Report
Thanks to generous funding from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance is embarking on a new research initiative to study nature-based education for K-12 youth across the state of Maine. This project, in partnership with the Maine Environmental Education Association, is dedicated to taking the first steps toward building the capacity… [Read More]
AR Girls Summer Intensive Camp 2018
AR Girls is a National Science Foundation funded research project designed to support teenage girls with an interest in art to develop science communication skills through interactive digital storytelling. MMSA held the first AR Girls Summer Intensive Camp August 6th – 17th at Waterfall Arts in Belfast, ME. This camp is the first ever Augmented… [Read More]
Computer Science Day 2018
What is Computer Science? What is it not? Where do we see it both in Maine and in our everyday lives? What is the skill set our students need to be successful in an evolving workforce that is coming to rely more and more on Computer Science? How can we foster more partnerships, collaboration, and… [Read More]
Data Clubs Project Update Summer 2018
Increasingly, scientists, citizen data collectors, college students, and even journalists are using existing data sets in conjunction with powerful data tools to explore patterns and test hypotheses. The NSF-funded Data Clubs project (developed by the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and TERC) addresses the lack of opportunities for middle school students, especially those from under-represented… [Read More]
Best of STEM in Maine Photo Contest
We know you and your students have worked amazingly hard all year on STEM. MMSA would like to highlight some of this work with a Best of STEM in Maine Photo Contest. It’s a super simple contest with some small prize packages. The rules are simple: Send up to 3 photos showing your students participating… [Read More]
Wishing Lisa Marchi a Happy Retirement
This June MMSA said goodbye to one of our STEM educations specialists, Lisa Marchi as she embarked on the new chapter known as retirement. Lisa was with MMSA for 8 years after a long career as a middle and high school science teacher. In her work at MMSA Lisa was driven by the passion to… [Read More]
MMSA Chosen as Most Influential in Research and Evaluation Honorees from NAA
The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance was selected as one of the National Afterschool Association’s (NAA) “Most Influential in Research and Evaluation” honorees. This distinction recognizes individuals and organizations who have been strong contributors of research and evaluation related to afterschool programming. MMSA’s research team received this recognition, in part, due to ongoing work and… [Read More]
WeatherBlur’s Fun Final Event
Nothing beats getting 200 students from seven different schools across Maine to meet up and share their experiences on being citizen scientists. This is exactly what happened on May 11, when over 250 students and educators from the WeatherBlur cohort descended on the Hutchinson Center in Belfast to display their work via poster sessions and… [Read More]
Exploring Computer Science Curriculum
In 2015, the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance was awarded a National Science Foundation’s STEM+C grant. Since then MMSA along with our partners University of Maine Augusta and RSU 26/Orono School Department have trained over 60 teachers with the NSF funded Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curriculum. Through a week-long summer institute and four follow-up professional… [Read More]