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Building assessment tools together

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-08-24 15:19
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    Want to know more about what students are learning through their Vital Signs investigations? So do we!

8 experienced Vital Signs teachers, 3 researchers from Stanford University, 1 researcher from University of Maine, and 4 GMRI staff spent August 14 and 15 together and made big strides towards building tools that will help us start to figure that out this fall.

Eyes on the Water - Building a database!

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-08-24 13:51
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    This summer the Lovell Invasive Plant Prevention Committee (LIPPC) and Kezar Lake Watershed Association (KLWA) have been rallying the community around getting to know the native freshwater plants in their watershed.

MSSM STEM Collaborative Camp Part 2 – Collaborating is Fun!

Submitted by gmri on Wed, 2012-08-08 13:57
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    July 22-28th was one of the most fun weeks of my adult life. I spent it collaborating and networking (discussing, building, creating, and playing) with science, math, and technology educators! I watched amazing rockets launch into the air. I helped build dive-bombing kites. I played laser tag and tried to save the world from pandemics (just a board game, don’t worry).

MSSM STEM Collaborative Camp Part 1 – Vital Signs at MSSM Camp

Submitted by gmri on Wed, 2012-08-08 13:33
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    From July 22 – Juy 28 I attended MSSM’s STEM Collaborative Camp to support three VS Educator Leaders as they led a course on Vital Signs. The VS team is excited to have VS Educator Leaders share and teach other educators about the program. We are hoping that this is a model that we can repeat again and again, and I was happy to be the on-the-ground support for this first experiment.

504 pounds of Chinese mystery snails!

Submitted by gmri on Thu, 2012-08-02 09:37
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    The Daily Bulldog - Franklin County's First News - reported that the Clearwater Lake Association pulled 504 pounds of Chinese mystery snails from Clearwater Lake at Allen's Mills. Check out the full article about this massive citizen science effort online, or read it here!

    http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/features/thats-a-lot-of-snails-504-pounds...

Video blog! Non-native Queen Anne's lace

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-07-27 10:29
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    Hello and how are you!

    This week my spectacular cohort and cousin Amelia and I went out into the field in search of the Non-Native plant, Queen Anne's Lace (also known as the wild carrot!!).

Video blog! Invasive green crabs

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-07-13 14:59
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    Hello from Southport Island!

    I hope everyone had a wonderful America Week last week! This week the video blog focuses on the European green crab (Carcinus maenas), an aggressive and hungry crustacean that is impacting the coast of Maine.

Invading our news: Invasive species news blog, Update 3

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-07-06 12:17
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    Here is the final installment in the three-week blog series, Invading Our News. Enjoy!

Meet the VS Summer Interns - Episode 2

Submitted by gmri on Tue, 2012-07-03 14:10
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    Ruthie Hawley and Jeffrey Rubel are both interns this summer at Vital Signs. They have been working very hard since they have arrived, but they managed to set aside a few minutes to introduce themselves to you. In this second installment, you will meet Ruthie.

Meet the VS Summer Interns - Episode 1

Submitted by gmri on Tue, 2012-07-03 13:18
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    Ruthie Hawley and Jeffrey Rubel are both interns this summer at Vital Signs. They have been working very hard since they have arrived, but they managed to set aside a few minutes to introduce themselves to you. In this first installment, you will meet Jeffrey.
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