The SCITEC Network:
Supporting Engineering and Design Technology for Maine Teachers and Students
The SCITEC Network is a series of three-year projects across the state of Maine aimed at helping Maine high school students meet Maine’s Learning Results revisions related to engineering and technological design. SCITEC programs bring faculty and students from Maine high schools, Career and Technical Education centers and University of Maine schools together with staff from the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and the National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science in Boston.
SCITEC Network project activities focus on the newly revised Maine Learning Results Science and Technology Standards.
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Save the Date:
The Maine STEM Collaborative's STEM Summit (http://www.mainestem.org/)
Save the Date! On January 29, 2010 the Maine STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Collaborative is holding its second STEM Summit at the Augusta Civic Center. The Collaborative gathered educators, businesses, and state and local leaders at the state’s first summit in 2007 resulting in increased public awareness of STEM needs and learning opportunities in Maine, successfully generating state-wide conversations, fostering organizations to develop a more formal and permanent voice with broad representation across the state, and started the process for outlining a pathway for a Maine STEM initiative; one that aims to improve STEM education for all Maine citizens in order to create an innovative and competitive workforce.
Engineering ME (http://www.engineeringme.com/)
Visit the Engineering Expo, this year being held at the University of Maine campus in Orono February 26 (banquet) and February 27 (Expo). Exhibitors at the Expo include Maine's top engineering firms, engineering colleges, government agencies and manufacturing firms featuring hands-on activities, demonstrations and interactive exhibits for children and their parents, engineers, and educators. The Expo is a very popular event and averages about 1,000 kids, parents and teachers. Visit the Engineering ME to keep watch for more 2010 Expo information as it happens.
The SCITEC Network is supported through the Maine Department of Education by U.S. Department of Education funds.
As the SCITEC Network progresses, so will our web site. Please check back often for new professional development opportunities and resources.
