Purpose of the STEM Summit

The 2014 Maine STEM Summit presents an exciting opportunity to gain an appreciation of the role STEM education plays in all careers and everyday life, as well as the challenging issues at all levels of education. In order to be part of the solution, we need to appreciate these issues and work across all sectors. The summit also provides an opportunity to share STEM education success stories from K-12, public and private higher education institutions and industry including in-class and out-of-class activities, curriculum development, internships, mentoring, and teacher preparation, among others. For more information and to register visit mmsa.org




Tuesday, March 25, 2014

2014 STEM Ecology Forum


http://www.ecologyforum.org








The 2014 STEM Ecology Forum will be held at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday May 3, 2014. The Forum is an opportunity for Maine elementary, middle and high school teachers and students to showcase, through presentations and poster sessions, their innovative environmental projects.  The Forum is also an opportunity for dialogue between educators, students and experts in the STEM field.

Examples of subjects areas for presentations and poster sessions include:
  • Passively heated greenhouses as science labs and sources of winter crops
  • Novel technical approaches to investigating and quantifying invasive aquatic species, especially the use of student built ROVs
  • Fish and wildlife ecology programs involving schools and their community
  • Food production using aquaponics, aquaculture and hydroponics
  • Identifying and mitigating the impact of invasive species on lake and ocean native populations
  • Detecting and eliminating sources of food chain contamination
  • Programs for reducing food waste and diverting food loss in schools and communities
  • Creating new markets for Maine’s agricultural and seafood products
Who Should Attend
  • Educators and students actively engaged in environmental projects
  • Scientists, engineers and members of the business community committed to advancing environmental education and policy making
Sponsors
  • USM's Department of Environmental Science and the College of Science, Technology and Health.
  • The Perloff Family Foundation
  • The Maine Space Grant Consortium
  • The Maine Community Foundation
For more information on attending the Forum please contact
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