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Posted by Amber Kapiloff<\/a>
\nDaily Bulldog<\/em>, Franklin County’s First News<\/em> website<\/a>
\nDecember 17, 2018<\/p>\n

FARMINGTON –<\/strong> On a Thursday evening grew dark in the late fall, the Farmington Public Library stands warm and inviting to a wide variety of readers, writers, and learners. For the past six weeks, those learners gathered in the back corner of the library, not necessarily to devour books worm-style, but to explore the world of STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.<\/p>\n

“We aim to highlight a subject that often gets glossed over. Elementary education especially is often missing the emphasis on science and sometimes that can be the one thing that might hook a kid into education,” University of Maine at Farmington Cooperative Extension 4-H Coordinator Tara Marble said.<\/p>\n

Marble has dusted off a program that brings together UMF college students with local elementary school kids in the name of science- the STEM Ambassador Program. With the help of places like the library, kids have access to STEM-based activities led by volunteer college students. Over the last year, they’ve organized programs at Cascade Brook School, Academy Hill School and Mallett’s after school program.<\/p>\n

“The library has been amazing. They have so many kids coming in there after school and they often don’t get a chance to celebrate that,” Marble said.<\/p>\n

For the students, both young and old, the gains are great. Younger kids are exposed to STEM activities that are completely hands-on and often student-led, while UMF students get the chance to practice leading a lesson and connect with the local community.<\/p>\n

“The kids get to see this real-life college student doing a cool science experiment and end up bonding with them over it. It’s not a mentoring program in the way that Big Brother\/Big Sisters is, but it’s kind of like a mentoring program in disguise,” she said. “Every little bit helps to get these kids envisioning life after high school.”<\/p>\n

Last week the students were learning how to make slime. A deceptively fun, messy experiment that all the while teaches the fundamentals of chemistry. Marble described another project based on grow-your-own-dinosaur toys that led a student to question whether the same model could be used to absorb oil at a spill site.<\/p>\n

“It’s so great to see them putting the pieces together far beyond a grow-your-own-dinosaur toy,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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