National Science Foundation-University of Maine GK-12 Sensors! Program

GK-12 Sensors!, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is part of a national initiative to increase the education and vision of young people in science, engineering and math. GK-12 Sensors! brings cutting-edge research in sensors to Maine secondary-school students. Begun as a collaboration between faculty at Bangor High School in Bangor, Maine and an interdisciplinary team of engineers and scientists working in sensors at the University of Maine, Orono,GK-12 Sensors! is currently working in ten (10) high and middle schools in central Maine. To learn more about the program:

• Integration_of_Sensors_into_Secondary_School_Classrooms (2005 pdf)
• Fall 2005 IEEE Frontiers in Education Presentation (PPT)
• Introduction of Sensors Into Middle School Classrooms (2006 pdf)
• Evaluation of the University of Maine GK-12 Sensors! Program (2007 pdf)
• Fall 2007 IEEE Frontiers in Education Presentation (PPT)
• University of Maine GK-12 Sensors! Program Benefits a Local Community (2008 pdf)

THANK YOU, GK-12 SENSORS! PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS 2009-10: Bangor High School Brewer High School Brewer Middle School Bucksport High School Caravel Middle School Hermon High School James F. Doughty School Indian Island School Reeds Brook Middle School William S. Cohen School