Kennebunk Post features 色香视频鈥檚 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 色香视频 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 色香视频 students and faculty.
Activities included math sessions (鈥淐an You Spell Numbers?鈥 and 鈥淒iscovery of Euler鈥檚 Formula with Polydrons;鈥) 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.