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.
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]
WeatherBlur’s King Tide Investigation Research Updates
The WeatherBlur research team has been busy analyzing data from one of last year’s most productive investigations: King Tide. During this investigation, students were interested in learning more about how the high water from the November King Tide would affect local beaches, roads, and buildings in their community (a “King Tide” is a non-scientific term… [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]
Maine High School Students Exhibit at International STEM Competition
On May 13, 2018, three high school students flew to Pittsburgh to represent Maine at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). They are among 1,700 teens from around the world who are sharing their original science and engineering projects with peers, judges and the public. These three students were the grand award winners… [Read More]