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• Category: Interview
  • Launching Free STEM Afterschool Coaching Materials: An Interview with Becky Tapley
  • Interview with MMSA’s Dr. Heidi Cian on NSF CADRE Fellowship
  • What to Know About STEM Micro-credentials for Out-of-School Educators
  • SciEPlay Partner Spotlight: Dr. Rachel Larimore on Nature-Based Learning
  • MMSA Researcher Attends White House STEMM Summit
  • ACRES Celebrates Afterschool Educators
• Category: News
  • MMSA, ACRES Join Nation-Wide Celebration of the National Science Foundation at 75
  • Recognizing Student Success at the 2025 Maine State Science Fair
  • Dr. Ruth Kermish-Allen appointed to Governor’s AI Task Force
  • Smart Greenhouse Project Offers Entry Point to Computer Programming
  • The Culmination of PeBLES2: Research Publication, New Funding, and Free Resources
  • Stakeholders Convened to Move Maine Computer Science Education Forward
  • Publication of Place-Based Strategies Article Exemplifies Impact of PeBLES2
  • Maine’s Inaugural CS Education Summit Brings Together Business Leaders, Policymakers, and Educators
  • Board of Directors Updates
  • Governor’s Energy Office Announces Funding for Clean Energy Workforce Training
  • Teachers “Go Back to Class” in Computer Science
  • Science and Math Outdoors (SMOrs) Workshop Focuses on Teaching with Natural Phenomena
  • MMSA Mid-Year Update
  • Defining Educational Engineering in a New Article by Emma Carey
  • MMSA to Collaborate on New $7M Maine-FOREST Grant
  • $1.3 Million Awarded to MMSA for Rural STEM Project
  • NSF Announces Funding to MMSA, Partners
  • $8.2 Million Grant to Transform Computer Science Education in Maine
  • MMSA Project Participant, Researcher Featured in Podcast Episodes
• Category: Resource
  • Purposeful Questions: What They Are and Why They Matter
  • Four Simple Questions to Develop Doable Scientific Investigations
  • Presentation to Feature Strategies for Inclusive Educator Feedback
  • It’s Time to Rebrand “Which One Doesn’t Belong”
  • Virtual Artificial Intelligence Series Demystifies Emerging Technology
• Category: Spotlight
  • CS Summer of Fun 2025: Where Educator Curiosity Turned Into Classroom Action
  • How ACRES Redefined Out-of-School STEM Education
  • Leading from Every Angle: Spotlight on Perrin Chick
  • Highlights from a Decade of Out-of-School Research
  • When Students and Teachers Lead: Designing Energy Lessons That Matter Locally
  • Reflections on NSF’s Deep and Lasting Impact on MMSA
  • Celebrating Partners Nationwide for Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week
  • Developing, Testing, and Refining Professional Learning Materials to Support Play-Based Science
  • Better Together: Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in Authentic Mathematical Modeling Projects
  • Reflecting on a Year of SciEPlay Professional Learning
  • Educators Sharpen STEM Skills at 4th-Annual CS Summer of Fun
  • WeatherBlur: 10 Years of Student-Led Citizen Science
  • Science Fairs Key to Sparking STEM Interest
  • Transforming Early Science Education Through Play
  • ACRES: Facilitation Skills Empower Out-of-School Educators to be Leaders
  • Partnerships Propel MMSA, STEM Education Forward
• Category: Research and Publications
  • Census Highlights Outdoor and Environmental Education in Maine
  • ACRES Hubs Empower Coaches, Elevate STEM Out of School

Events

• Discover OpenSciEd Workshop (Sept 23)
• Discover OpenSciEd Workshop (Sept 18)
• Discover OpenSciEd Workshop (Aug 27)
• CS Connected Learning Experience (CSCLE)
• STEM PD RETREAT
• Math Intervention & Differentiation Workshop
• CS Summer of Fun

Projects

• ACRES
• Maine-FOREST
• Middle School Science & Engineering Fair
• Maine-SMART
• Maine State Science Fair
• Numeracy in Nature
• Place-Based Learning for Elementary Science at Scale
• Rural Energy Futures
• SciEPlay
• Sensemaking about Place
• Smart Greenhouses
• STEM Workforce Ready 2030
• Teach ME Outside

Resources

• Demystifying AI Video Series
• Placed-Based Science Unit Materials & Adaption Tools
• Numeracy In Nature Lessons & Routines
• Four Simple Questions to Develop Doable Scientific Investigations
• STEM Facilitation Coaching
• Outdoor & Environmental Learning Resources
• Best Practices in Science Teaching Guide & Toolkit
• Lessons for Science & Math Outdoors
• Teaching Outside in Maine 101 Guidebook
• Asking Purposeful Questions

Staff

• Karalyn Kutzer
• Shelby Dillman
• Peggy Brown
• Kate Greeley
• Julia McDonald-Plumb
• Cheryl Tobey
• Rhonda Tate
• Becky Tapley
• Devin Shepherd
• Kathryn Randolph
• Courtney Norian
• Rebecca Neville
• Hannah Lakin
• Kate Kastelein
• Jeanne Hanson
• Tom Goodwin
• Danielle Frank, Ph.D.
• Terence Finnegan
• Chelsea Fay
• Rachael Dektor, Ph.D.
• Ian Collins
• Heidi Cian, Ph.D.
• Maranda Chung
• Perrin Chick
• Kim Charmatz
• Emma Carey
• Stefany Burrell
• Val Brockway
• Erica Beck Spencer
• Stu Rich
• Joel Pike
• Debra McIntyre
• Lily Lu
• Angela Lett
• Kevin Hathaway
• Andrew Forbes
• Lindsay Coe
• Susan Bates
• Ruth Kermish-Allen, Ph.D.
• Alexandria Brasili
• Devan Arnold
• Glen Widmer
• Kevin Frasier

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