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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Kennebunk Post features ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ’s Julia Robinson Math Festival for fifth-graders

The front page of the June 6, 2014, issue of the Kennebunk Post displayed photos from and a write-up on the Julia Robinson Math Festival, held at ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ on Friday, May 30th for RSU 21 fifth-graders.

More than 250 students visited the university to engage in hands-on math activities and STEM (science, technology, math and engineering) experiences under the guidance of trained mentors, including ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ students and faculty. 

Activities  included math sessions (β€œCan You Spell Numbers?” and β€œDiscovery of Euler’s Formula with Polydrons;”)  a session on genetics and fruit flies; neuroanatomy lessons centered around sheep brain dissections; brain injury awareness and prevention sessions; helmet fitting lessons and demonstrations; and interactive marine sciences lessons comprised of  hands-on activities with shark jaws, body features, and senses, microscope viewings of larval fish, and touch tanks with sturgeon, skates, and local invertebrates.

About the ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ

The ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.