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.
Our Work
MMSA’s work includes a wide range of professional development for both in-school and out-of-school-time educators as well as grant-funded projects.
In addition, MMSA serves as the convening organization for the Maine STEM Collaborative and the fiscal agent for the Maine STEM Council. MMSA provides fiscal and support services for the Council and Collaborative, including extensive administrative support of the biannual Maine STEM Summit. MMSA staff member Dr. Tom Keller is the Councils Executive Director and MMSAs Dr. Tom Keller and Dr. Jan Mokros both serve on the Collaborative and have each served a term as Chair. Learn more about these separate organizations at mainestem.org.
MMSA Current Projects
Afterschool Coaching for Reflective Educators in STEM (ACRES)
Sign up for ACRES Professional Development ACRES is a nationally acclaimed coaching program that builds knowledge and skills so afterschool ...
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Census of Community-Based Environmental Learning in Maine
Thank you to everyone who took the Census! We will be sharing findings and insights from the Census on this ...
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Evaluation of STEMeX with IMLS
STEMex is a highly experimental program that funds scientists and engineers to deliver inquiry-based STEM programs to children aged 6-10 ...
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Experiential STEM
How can we use community-based experiences to empower students in STEM learning? Project Description The Experiential STEM project will bring ...
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Exploring Computer Science
In 2018 a supplemental award was made to MMSA to investigate if student learners could communicate computational literacy through video ...
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Rural Informal STEM Conference 2018
On Sept 13-14 the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance led a conference in Washington DC on the topic of out-of-school ...
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STEM Guides: Building Coherent Infrastructure in Rural Communities
The STEM Guides project creates and studies an innovative model of capacity-building for out-of-school STEM learning in rural areas. “STEM ...
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The Reach Center
STEM is all around us. It’s in the natural world, the built environment, and the communities where we work, learn, ...
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WeatherBlur
WeatherBlur is an exciting project funded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The project continues work by ...
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MMSA Past Projects
3D-TSE
“More Figuring Out”: 3-D Teaching of Science and Engineering (3D-TSE) Click for Larger Map Some seventy-five percent of Maine school districts have adopted a set of science and engineering standards that are focused on three-dimensional (3-D) teaching and learning that integrates the three dimensions of disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, ...
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Early Mathematical Thinking Enhancement Project (EMTEP)
The Early Mathematical Thinking Enhancement Project (EMTEP), a continuation of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA)'s long-standing Early Mathematical Thinking (EMT) project, created a set of diagnostic assessment tools intended as a formative assessment strategy to uncover students current level of mathematical thinking and guide instruction in grades K-4 ...
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Emergency Response Technology
Emergency Response Technology Natural disasters, especially those involving flooding, are on the rise. Between August and September of 2017, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated the Houston area, parts of Florida, and several Caribbean islands including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. They caused both extreme wind and flood ...
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Engineering Ambassadors in Maine
Engineering Ambassadors Engineering Ambassadors pairs local engineers and other STEM professionals with teachers and their students to bring engaging design challenges to middle and secondary classrooms in the greater Portland, Maine area. The program’s main goal is to help students meet and interact with area engineers, hear their stories and recognize ...
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Fewer, Clearer, Deeper: An MSP to Build Coherence
There are two major goals of FCD; first to build a deep understanding of the Common Core Math Standards, the Common Core English Language Arts Standards, and the Framework/Next Generation Science Standards, especially as it relates to practices or capacities; and, second, to build a community of practice among those ...
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Geniverse
Click here to go to project web page Geniverse is a project led by The Concord Consortium that develops free, web-based software for high school biology. It engages students in exploring heredity and genetics by breeding and studying virtual dragons. Interactive models, powered by real genes, enable students to do simulated ...
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Maine Governor’s Academy for STEM Education Leadership
The Governor's Academy experience is designed to prepare STEM teacher leaders to be ambassadors for the mathematics, engineering, and science teaching profession; mentors for the support of new teachers; facilitators of collegial learning; partners and advisers to various district, regional, and statewide initiatives; and contributors to STEM partnerships in Maine ...
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Math & Science Through Engineering (MSTE)
Click here to go to project web page The Math & Science Through Engineering (MSTE) project is a professional development collaboration between MMSA, Maine Maritime Academy, Auburn School Department, Ridge View Community School (Dexter, AOS 94), Lake Region School District (MSAD 61), Mountain Valley & Dirigo Middle Schools (RSU 10), ...
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Powerhouse
PowerHouse, designed by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Seaver Institute, was begun in 2013 with the goal of designing an online learning environment targeting home energy management. MMSA was one of several subcontractors for the project, with the role ...
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Remote Coaching for Afterschool Educators Pilot
The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance is developing, assessing, and documenting a new model of professional development that targets out-of-school educators who want to embrace STEM education more deeply. MMSA's Dr. Sue Allen directs this project. The pilot program has ended, and the resulting project ACRES (Afterschool Coaching for Rural Educators ...
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