Foundation of Blood Research ECOSCIENCEWORKS

EcoScienceWorks is an NSF ITEST project for seventh and eighth grade science teachers and students in Maine. Its major goal is to develop computer-based curriculum for the Maine laptop program that will spur student interest in computer modeling in science while learning ecology.

Island Institute CREST: Community for Rural Education Stewardship and Technology

A three-year, $1.2 million grant to the Island Institute from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a U.S. government agency. The grant has been made under NSF’s “ITEST” (Information Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers) program. The project that has been funded is called “CREST” (Community for Rural Education Stewardship and Technology), and in addition to the Island Institute, involves 11 island and coastal high schools and middle schools, and a number of academic institutions.

University of Maine ITEST: Inquiry-based Dynamic Earth Applications of Supercomputing (IDEAS)

This project will connect researchers at the University of Maine with students and middle school teachers, both at the University (during a summer workshop) and at participating schools (during the academic year) to utilize computer modeling and visualization of geological processes in the classroom.

The Maine ScienceCorps

The Maine ScienceCorps connects science teachers and students at rural high schools with the biosciences research community of the University of Southern Maine (USM) and the Education Division of the Foundation for Blood Research (FBR).

Micro- and Nano-space Explorations of Health and Disease

In this project University of Southern Maine (USM) faculty and staff with expertise in electron microscopy, microbiology, virology, and immunology team up with elementary and middle school education and outreach specialists and the staff of USM’s Southworth Planetarium to reveal vast but usually invisible micro-space/nano-space worlds to students through curriculum development work with grades 3-8 teachers in the summer and K-12 teachers during the academic year.

Gulf Of Maine Research Institute: Vital Signs

Vital Signs is a field-based science education program that builds on the knowledge and skills that students gain as 5th or 6th graders in the Cohen Center for Interactive Learning.

Vital Signs links 7th and 8th grade students and scientists in the rigorous collection and analysis of essential environmental data across freshwater and coastal ecosystems

East Alliance2 for Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (EAST-2)

EAST-2 is funded by the National Science Foundation, and located at the University of Southern Maine, with a mission to increase the number of students with disabilities receiving degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. To learn more go to the website at EastAlliance2.Org