Science and Technology
Welcome to the Science and Technology page for the Maine Department of Education. The linking buttons at the top left of this page and below take you to a variety of web pages and resources. I hope these resources will help to inform your work. Please contact me with other science and technology related ideas and needs.
- Anita
Letter of Introduction- PDF
Recent Science & Technology News
Governor Baldacci Honors Two Promising Youth Science Leaders (6/18/09)
Jennifer Leach of Bangor High School and Sylvia Talbott of Lake Region High School
in Bridgton selected for prestigious National Youth Science Camp
Governor John Baldacci recognized students Jennifer Leach of Bangor and Sylvia Talbott of Bridgton in his State House office Thursday. The two have been invited by Governor Joe Manchin III of West Virginia to participate as delegates to the nationally-acclaimed and highly-selective National Youth Science Camp held near the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia. They were selected as promising young scientific leaders in Maine’s 2009 high school graduating class.
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Maine Learning Results
The Maine State Board of Education has officially approved Regulation 132, Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction. The final changes are online AND they are in two formats, PDF and RTF (rich text format). To download please click on: http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/pei/index.html.
Supporting Materials for Implementing the 2007 Maine Learning Results
The Maine Department of Education is developing several tools to support deeper understanding of the revised Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction for Science and Technology. As these materials are finalized, they will be posted on this website.
Science & Technology PowerPoint (.ppt) - Provides an introduction to the Learning Results revision process, changes in content and structure for Science & Technology standards, and potential considerations for implementing the revised standards.
Multimedia Presentation - An audiovisual introduction to the Science and Technology standards of the Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction.
Narration Notes for the Science & Technology PowerPoint and Multimedia presentations - available in PDF or Text Only format.
A Summary of the Differences between 1997 Maine Learning Results and the 2007 Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction for Science and Technology
Updated 6/16/09 -pb
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