STEM Education

DVIDS reported on Maine Summer Technology Institute visiting MAINEiacs

The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service reported that young scholars from the Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine visited airmen from the 101st Air Refueling Wing at the Maine Air National Guard base. “It’s great because it’s an awareness opportunity for the students who may not know about the Maine Air National […]

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Community invited to participate in shellfish discussion at Darling Marine Center

Interested community members are invited to join researchers and local students at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center for a conversation about emerging results of an ongoing community science program in the Damariscotta River estuary. The conversation will focus on the results from the first full year of the community science program studying shellfish […]

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Laatsch featured in BDN editorial about James Webb Space Telescope

Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News editorial about the first images released from the James Webb Space Telescope. “In my nearly four decades in the astronomy education and outreach profession I’ve never seen such stunning images as were released today by the James Webb Space […]

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Media share UMaine Extension STEM toolkits

The Bangor Daily News, Piscataquis Observer, Morning Ag Clips, Penobscot Bay Pilot, Daily Bulldog and the Irregular shared University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H’s two new STEM toolkits available for use by formal and informal educators in hands-on science-based activities with youth. The Sky’s the Limit is designed to increase awareness and understanding of solar […]

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Sustainable fishing, solar energy topics of new 4-H STEM toolkits

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H has two new STEM toolkits available for use by formal and informal educators in hands-on science-based activities with youth.  The Sky’s the Limit is designed to increase awareness and understanding of solar energy through basic circuitry; energy collection and transfer; engineering design principles; and building design challenges. Suitable for […]

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Media features Minecraft summer camp at Versant Power Astronomy Center

WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WEBB-FM (B98.5 in Augusta) and WMME-FM (92 Moose in Augusta) reported that the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine is hosting the free camp for students ages 10 through 14 during the first week of August. Those at the camp will use the video game Minecraft to […]

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Versant Power Astronomy Center to host Minecraft-themed summer camp

The Versant Power Astronomy Center will host a free summer camp for youth ages 10–14 through What-If Hypothetical Implementations in Minecraft (WHIMC), a National Science Foundation-funded research project and interdisciplinary collaboration dedicated to attracting young people to science through cutting-edge and impactful informal learning. Participants will use Minecraft Java Edition to explore astronomy via space […]

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