Roll-up your sleeves and learn through various hands-on activities from scientists and practitioners around the state. Make sure to stop in and visit each activity, and see how science is everywhere!
Presenting Orgs:
1 Earth Composting – Composting
BASWG / Town of Orono – Stormwater Model
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences – Plankton Power: Build, Race, and Explore the Tiny Creatures of the Ocean!
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works – Shipbuilding
Girl Scouts of Maine – Math In Nature
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust – Tree ID activity and Mystery Box
IDEXX – The Colors of IDEXX
Maine Maritime Academy
MDI Biological Lab – Regeneration and Stem Cells: A Science Mystery to Crack
Owls Head Transportation Museum – OHTM’s Lego Derby Race Track
Rho Chi Society Chapter – Husson University – The Science of Pharmacy
Southern Maine Community College – It’s a shore thing; exploring Maine’s intertidal zone
The Challenger Learning Center of Maine – Hands on STEM with Challenger Maine
Tyler Technologies and the University of Maine – Maine App Challenge: Start Building Today!
UMaine Space/UMaine AI
University of Maine – Advanced Structures and Composites Center – Introduction to Textiles
University of Maine at Fort Kent – The Photosynthesis-Climate Connection
University of Maine Cooperative Extension: 4-H – Flora and Fauna of Maine (marine & terrestrial)
University of Maine Society of Physics Students – Hands-on physics activities!
University of Southern Maine – STEM Outreach – LEGO SPIKE Coding
USGS Maine Coop Fish and Wildlife / University of Maine Dept of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology Maine’s Fish and Wildlife
Versant Power Astronomy Center
Versant Power – Electrical Safety
Within the Whale – Whale Anatomy with Chunk, the LIFESIZE Humpback Whale