At Your Location
At Your Location
- Graduate Student Government K-12 Outreach Initiative
- Forestry Opportunities
- 4-H Science Toolkits and National Youth Science Day Experiments
Graduate Student Government K-12 Outreach Initiative
Several graduate students have been trained as 4-H Volunteers. These students are available to come to your location to work with youth. Many are eager to share their research work, which ranges from STEM fields to history to multiculturalism and foreign languages. Contact Laura Wilson to discuss who is available, and what your ideal interaction would look like: 207.581.2971 or laura.wilson@maine.edu.
Current grad student areas of interest include:
- Agricultural history
- Biology
- Climate change
- Cooking
- Earth science/geology
- Ecology
- Environmental history
- Environmental science
- Fieldwork/data collection
- French language and culture
- Outdoor education
- General science and technology
Forestry Opportunities
The University of Maine School of Forest Resources has students and faculty available to come work with youth. The School of Forest Resources can provide one experience/interaction per month, and faculty and students are willing to travel! Contact Laura Wilson to discuss your needs: 207.581.2971 or laura.wilson@maine.edu.
4-H Science Toolkits and National Youth Science Day Experiments
We have the materials needed to successfully complete experiential learning science and engineering activities. Full guidelines for borrowing our kits are available at the above link. Many of the subjects in the toolkits directly relate to academic programs at the University of Maine! Please remember to reserve your toolkit in advance by contacting Sarah Sparks at sarah.sparks@maine.edu or 207.353.5550. For more information, see 4-H Science Toolkits.