Current Opportunities
Opportunities For Youth
Scientist To Go Meetups
Our Scientist To Go program allows for students to virtually meet with a wide range of scientists and to learn a little bit more about what they do. These 45 minute sessions include presentations from the scientists and Q&A opportunity for students. Current meet ups can be found here
Community Science Challenges
Students participating in community science can connect with professional scientists and other classrooms across the Northeast, get outside to make careful observations of local ecosystems, and contribute important data on impacts of climate change. Email Meggie at [email protected] to get your class involved right away or get information on future events.
In-Person LabVenture Programs
Request a visit to our LabVenture Program for your 5th or 6th grade classrooms at LabVenture.gmri.org
Professional Learning Opportunities
Educator Workshops: Coastal Flooding Community Science
Are you an educator in Maine interested in engaging youth in observing and assessing the impacts of sea level rise and coastal flooding in your community? Come join The Gulf of Maine Research Institute for a day-long professional learning experience focused on resources and lessons that support groups of students and community members in collecting data and making observations during high tides and storms. This data helps improve National Weather Service flood forecasts and advisories in local communities, identifies locations vulnerable to flooding, and helps local emergency managers and decision-makers plan for coastal resilience.During this full day workshop, we will:
- Experience NGSS-aligned classroom resources that support learning about sea level rise, build data literacy, and engage youth in community conversations about coastal resilience.
- Gain confidence and field work skills in the coastal flooding data collection protocol and data contribution.
- Connect with others in the area who are excited to support engagement with the Coastal Flooding Community Science Project.
Multiple Locations and Dates:
- Friday, October 11th at Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH - Register Here
- Friday, October 18th at The Gatherings in Surry, ME - Register Here
- Friday, November 15th in the Brunswick/Bath Area (Location TBD) - Register Here
These events are free. Lunch, mileage reimbursement and contact hours are provided for all participants. Sub-reimbursement is available upon request for classroom teachers participating in the workshop.
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Curriculum Workshop: Predators and Prey in a Warming Gulf of Maine
Thursday, Dec 12th, 4pm-7:30pm at Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH
Explore resources from GMRI’s new middle school module “A Warming Gulf of Maine: Investigating Impacts on Predators and Prey” which asks how warming ocean temperatures are impacting fish species in the region? How do scientists study changing predator/prey relationships throughout this complex ecosystem? Participants will experience hands-on and interactive lesson activities, engage with data-based learning and develop an ecosystem model using the digital SageModeler tool.
Participating educators will receive a $75 stipend, mileage reimbursement, dinner and contact hours.
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Connected Learning Ecosystems
Are you a librarian, after school educator, museum or nature center educator, 4-H staff or volunteer, or classroom teacher looking to deepen your STEM programming and offerings?
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), 4-H, Maine State Libraries, Wabanaki Youth in Science, and Gateway Community Services, with funding from NASA, are looking to grow and support Connected Learning Ecosystems (CLE) across Maine. CLEs will be a space for communities of educators and learning facilitators to work together to build a climate and data literate generation, with the knowledge and skills needed to address the challenges that face us!
CLE members will work together to enhance their own understanding of climate, data, and a range of STEM skills and knowledge that kids need. This community will work together to engage kids all over Maine in place-based, locally relevant investigations of ecosystems and climate change, connecting formal and informal learning spaces. Educators across all these spaces have so much to share with one another in support of their own professional learning and the learning of the youth they work with. All the project partners are excited to help forge new connections.
The project team will offer a range of events and opportunities for educator networking and professional learning. In addition, CLE members will be supported to devise events and regular meeting structures based on community member needs and interest. Early conversations will focus on meet-up and professional learning needs and interests of the group.
Membership Includes:
- A small participation stipend
- Reimbursement for mileage to in-person events
- Connections with regional and statewide communities of peers working together to enhance STEM learning for Maine Youth
- Connections with supportive and engaged project team that includes staff from institutions from Maine to California
Express interest in being part of a CLE HERE.
If you have any questions, email Molly at [email protected].
Self-Paced Professional Learning Opportunities:
LabVenture Professional Learning Module:
Educators build knowledge of climate and ecosystem change and the components of data and science inquiry that help us investigate those changes through a four part module (each part will take 60-90 minutes). This work features local datasets that add to the story of climate driven ecosystem change in the Gulf of Maine and connects these local stories to global patterns. Check out the module here.