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The Reach Center is an initiative to identify, engage, support, and challenge Maine youth in...
Maine offers a wealth of programs for students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math. The Reach Center connects these students with a series of experiences that build enthusiasm and expertise in a specific topic area, and with other students who share their interests.
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The Reach Center is an initiative to identify, engage, support, and challenge Maine youth in...
I write this beside Trout Brook in Baxter State Park, where I come again and...
Summer camps at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM) were regularly mentioned by...
Programming
The path to computer science started with a website competition More >
Medicine
“Medicine was intriguing,” and the decider was the opportunity to both play and do science More >
Nature
I write this beside Trout Brook in Baxter State Park, where I come again and… More >
Thinking back on my childhood, many things come to mind that sparked my interest in… More >
Boatbuilding
We asked Shane Hall, director of the Compass Project in Portland, about moments that made… More >
Robotics
We asked Sebastian Foster, a seventh-grade homeschool student involved in a variety of robotics and… More >
Science
We asked Helen Roberts, a senior at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, to… More >
Cancer Research
Matthew Hibbs, a computational biologist and associate professor at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor,… More >
Sparks
We asked Steve DeAngelis, a physics teacher at Maranacook Community High School, what got him… More >
Math
We asked Seth Hawksley, a sixth-grader and 4-H member, how he uses science and math… More >