The Maine State Museum in Augusta is now accepting reservations for two upcoming educational events: Bug Maine-ia and Earth Science Day.
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Category: Student Opportunity
Registration for 2013 Real World Design Challenge now open
The Real World Design Challenge is an annual competition that provides high school students, grades 9-12, the opportunity to work on real-world engineering challenges in a team environment.
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“Dig into Science” contest open to Maine students
For the second year in a row, S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. will hold a contest this fall for schools throughout the company’s service areas to promote science and engineering educational programs. The contest, called “Dig into Science with S. W. Cole Engineering,” is open to science, math or engineering students in first through 12th grade in Maine and New Hampshire.
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Project Citizen students participate in public policy
Dozens of students from across the state took public policy proposals to Maine’s capitol on Friday, where they presented them in legislative committee rooms and discussed them in the halls of the State House.
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Summer archaeological field school offered in South Berwick
Students, teachers, and history buffs interested in archaeology have an opportunity this summer to join a field school led by Southern Maine Community College adjunct professor Dr. Neill De Paoli and sponsored by the Old Berwick Historical Society.
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Photos from Maine History Day
Maine History Day brought 286 students from 24 middle and high schools to the University of Maine at Augusta on March 28.
Students showed off exhibits, performances, websites, documentaries and other projects exploring a broad variety of historical themes.
Maine students invited to ‘Doodle 4 Google’
Google is inviting Maine student artists in grades K-12 to enter Doodle 4 Google 2012, a competition to redesign the Google logo and have it featured on Google’s homepage for a day.
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Marine science internships available to high school juniors
High school juniors interested in marine science have the chance to participate in an eight-week internship in Virginia this summer that will allow them to lead education programs for younger students and participate in research projects with college professors.
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High school seniors can apply to attend national science camp
Maine high school seniors have the opportunity this winter to apply to participate in the National Youth Science Camp, a residential science education program for young scientists that takes place the summer after they graduate from high school.
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Students solve problems scientifically in Army STEM challenge
eCYBERMISSION challenges groups of students in sixth through ninth grades to identify a problem in their community and use the scientific method, scientific inquiry or the engineering design process to solve it.
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