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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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The 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge is now open to middle- and high-school students, college and graduate students, and educators.
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The Maine Space Grant Consortium has funds available to support a limited number of summer research internships for highly motivated Maine high school juniors during the summer of 2012.
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Registration for the 2012 Maine Wind Blade Challenge is now open, and students are encouraged to sign up for the competition that challenges them to design wind blades and work with composites professionals to perfect the finished product.
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