Acadia Learning Wins New Round of Maine Education Funding Sunday, June 06, 2010 On May 28 Acadia Partners learned that it will receive $224,846 of support over the next three years from the Maine Department of Education to continue and expand its work helping students and teachers engage in research that is both educationally rich and scientifically important. The project, which is called “Acadia Learning,” provides training, financial aid, and logistical support to teachers as they involve their students in research activities around the state. From a scientific standpoint, our goal is to engage teachers and students in collecting samples and data as part of research here at SERC and at the University of Maine. From an educational standpoint, we seek to enable our teacher partners to introduce students to the actual practice of scientific research. Colleagues at the University of Maine recently referred to typical high school science experiments as “historical reenactments.” Most high school science consists of repeating experiments that were done a century ago, where the outcome is well known in advance. The students are, of course, aware of that they are merely walking down well-trod paths and therefore focus on getting the “right” outcome, if they pay attention at all. Read full article: 'Acadia Learning Wins New Round of Maine Education Funding' (5930 bytes more)

2nd Saturday Lecture: People and Nature Adapting to a Changing Climate: Charting Maine’s Course Sunday, June 06, 2010 Malcolm C. Burson, Associate Director of Policy Services in the Commissioner’s Office at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, will present the next lecture in the Second Saturday Lecture series on June 12. The lecture begins at 7 pm in the Moore Auditorium on the campus of Schoodic Education and Research Center and is free to the public. Dr. Burson will highlight the findings and recommendations of a recent report to the Maine Legislature. The report outlines the actions Maine people, communities, businesses, and others should undertake in response to changes in our climate that are already occurring, and that are expected in the future. Read full article: '2nd Saturday Lecture: People and Nature Adapting to a Changing Climate: Charting Maine’s Course' (835 bytes more)

2nd Saturday Lecture: A Teacher Talks About How SERC Involves Students in Research Wednesday, May 05, 2010 Ed Lindsey, pictured here working with his students to collect information about stream flow in the Sunkhaze National Wildlife Refuge, has been working with the Acadia Learning Program here at the Schoodic Education and Research Center for the past two years.  Like other teachers who are part of Acadia Learning, he and his students work with SERC and with scientists from the University of Maine to collect data that is used in research supported by SERC.  The students also investigate their own research questions, learning not only about things such as watersheds, mercury, and macroinvertebrates but also about what science is. Ed will be our guest speaker at the "Second Saturday Lecture" at 7 PM on Saturday, May 8 at Moore Auditorium on the SERC campus.  Bill Zoellick, Executive Director at Acadia Partners and principal investigator in the Acadia Learning project, will introduce Ed, providing some background about the Acadia Learning project. Read full article: '2nd Saturday Lecture: A Teacher Talks About How SERC Involves Students in Research' (1669 bytes more)

2nd Saturday Lecture: Participant Perspectives on the Copenhagen Climate Change Talks Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Faculty and students from the College of the Atlantic who attended the United Nations' 2009 Climate Change talks will share their experiences and insights for April's Schoodic Second Saturday lecture at 7 PM on Saturday, April 10 in Moore Auditorium on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus. Professors Ken Cline and Doreen Stabinsky traveled to Copenhagen with CoA students last December. Representatives of the group will describe their impressions of the talks, the experience of attending an international meeting like this, and their assessment of the talks' successes and/or failures. Read full article: '2nd Saturday Lecture: Participant Perspectives on the Copenhagen Climate Change Talks' (783 bytes more)

Muffins at Moore: Continuing a Community Conversation Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Despite a wintery morning, our first "community conversation" had impressive attendance and engaged, enthusiastic participation. Superintendent Steele's slide presentation helped describe changes to the campus and a lively Q&A session introduced comments and suggestions from the community. We plan to continue these gatherings on the third Friday of the month for the next few months, with April's meeting on the 16th from 8:30-9:30am. The topic will be children's educational programs at SERC including the Schoodic Education Adventure (SEA) program. We hope that Acadia's new Chief of Interpretation, Lynne Dominy, will be able to join us as well.

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