4-H STEM Ambassador program focus of Morning Sentinel report
The Morning Sentinel reported on a new collaboration between the University of Maine at Farmington, University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program and participating Regional School Unit 9 classrooms. The STEM Ambassadors program aims to have UMF students majoring in education or a STEM-affiliated major go into RSU 9 classrooms to teach science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) lessons, according to the article. UMF’s inclusion in the community outreach program that is offered at other University of Maine campuses began in February, the article states. The STEM ambassadors, through the 4-H program, are provided with lesson plans, worksheets and materials needed for classroom activities for each lesson.