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10-minute VS party

Submitted by gmri on Thu, 2012-05-10 09:11
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I experimented last week with a different webinar approach - a PARTY! of sorts - that would give educators a quick overview of the website enhancements, and serve as a quick refresher just before the start of the spring field season.

New look, new tools

Submitted by gmri on Thu, 2012-05-03 11:55
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    You've all probably noticed that the website looks different, feels different, acts differently than it did the last time you played around with it. Here's an official run-down of the changes we launched on March 16, 2012. Since 2009, we've spent a lot of time listening and watching how the site has been used, and hope you find these updates as motivating and useful as we do. Special thanks to Misty, Liem, Neil, and Dana from Image Works for their heroic efforts pulling this off in time for the spring field season!

GMRI MSSM SERC: Acronyms galore add up to good times!

Submitted by gmri on Wed, 2012-04-18 13:50
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Guest blog entry from SuperStar!

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    I had the chance to go catch up with students from the Maine School of Science and Mathematics for a weekend of learning and sharing about research careers here in Maine. The students left the potato fields of Limestone, and I left the bustling metropolis of Portland, and we met up at the Schoodic Education Research Institute along with scientists from the National Park Service, Bigelow Laboratory, Jackson Laboratory, and GMRI....

“A” is for “April Institute” and for “Asking Questions”

Submitted by gmri on Sun, 2012-04-08 17:17
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    Twenty educators representing Maine elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and a 4-H program and 3 Vital Signs Educator Leaders arrived at GMRI on Friday, April 6, ready to learn about and participate in Vital Signs.

March Madness

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-03-30 17:02
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March was a busy month for Vital Signs and the GMRI education staff! Here is just some of the madness we were up to:

National Invasive Species Awareness Week Events

Submitted by gmri on Wed, 2012-02-22 11:38
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    February 26-March 3 is National Invasive Species Awareness Week and there are many local events planned. Check out events in your community!

Presentation on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Bar Harbor

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-02-17 13:23
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    WHAT: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on Mount Desert Island – A Maine Forest Service presentation sponsored by the Bar Harbor Conservation Commission;
    WHEN: 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28;
    WHERE: Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor.

Down East HWA survey announced

Submitted by gmri on Wed, 2012-02-01 22:17
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The Maine Forest Service will begin a hemlock woolly adelgid survey on Mount Desert Island. Today's press release encourages people on MDI and throughout Maine to check hemlock trees for the adelgid, and to use Vital Signs to report what they find. Check it out....

Digging up knotweed?

Submitted by gmri on Fri, 2012-01-13 10:01
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On my way to work the other day, I got off the bridge, turned the corner towards Commercial Street, and did a double take. Were they really digging out that street-long stand of Japanese knotweed? Superstar and his team published a "Japanese knotweed FOUND" observation there just a year ago.

In the Field Fall 2011 - Inter-Island Conversations

Submitted by gmri on Thu, 2012-01-12 15:21
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    Jamien and Amy are two teachers in the Vital Signs community. Their students have been hard at work exploring their local ecosystems. I'll give you some hints, and see if you can guess where these student scientists are hard at work.
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