Thanks to the Boothbay Register for sharing this article, by staff writer Lisa Kristoff, with the Maine DOE for publication.
“I am so beyond excited,” Lauren Graham said last week.
What’s she so jazzed about? How about the fact that Boothbay Region High School juniors and seniors in her ecology and oceanography classes will be participating in an international pilot water quality project: the USAUS-H20 (U.S.-Australia Virtual Environmental Partnership).
The Maine Department of Education (NCLB Title II, Part B) has a requirement for new Mathematics and Science Partnership grant-funded projects to provide high quality professional development to teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In accordance with State procurement practices, the Department announces the publication of a Request for Proposals for the professional development.
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The Maine Environmental Education Association is seeking proposals from schools, non-profit organizations, community groups and local or state agencies for environmental education grants up to $5,000.
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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is offering schools grants of up to $1,000 each in support of service-learning projects that result in protections for local streams, lakes and rivers.
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Fairchild Semiconductor of South Portland is funding a three-year grant to grow the number of Maine high schools participating in robotics competitions that use the VEX Robotics Design System.
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