Events

Not a stuffy ol’ lecture. The MSF hosts a panel of experts on a topic with plenty of time for Q&A.

 

Past Forums Include:

• Tech Today: Drones & Ethics

• Science Cents: Where Economic

• Development & Science Meet

• Mining the Past - Find out what you can learn from what's left behind

• Science & Technology in Sports

• Opioids: Current Crisis, Historical Context and a Rationale Plan Moving Forward

• Science in Maine’s National Park

• Aquaculture: Farming the Gulf

• Maine in Space

Hands-on explorations covering science, engineering, innovation, and technology from all over Maine. Not just for kids, Exploration Station enthralls and inspires all ages.

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Past Stations included:

• Photograms and Cyanotypes: Creating photos without a camera

• Coding without Computers

• Science and Practice of Pharmacy

• We All Have the Same Genes

• Getting Up to Speed on Seaweed

• Catapults - Predict how your shot will land.

• Robotics

Shark Tagging

• Home Scientist Explore the science all around you - from static electricity to polymers

• What is ocean acidification and how can you help?

• Astronomy Fun! Learn how telescopes work and try to assemble one, see how astronomers use spectra by playing with gas tubes, and more!

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MSF workshops’ intimate settings provide a thorough (some would say microscopic) view of the science behind many everyday things we take for granted.

 

Past Workshops included:

• Math in Action

• Cheese workshop

• Crime Scene Investigation

• Brain Station

• VEMI Lab Live

• Science of Wine

• Minecraft Workshop

• Improvisation & Trauma Recovery

• Science Writing 101

• Illustrating Natural Science

Science + arts + humanities = culture. We work with many organizations to explore science, art, humanities, and their intersections. 

 

Examples:

• Your Brain on Improv

• String Theory Redux (physics of stringed instruments)

• Science of Dance

• Science of Voice

• The art and science of Caleb Charland

• Artists & Scientists: Common Language

• Brass Works

• Verse in the Universe

• Poetry Speaks to Science

These can be a talk, a presentation, a film screening – something that you would expect to find during the Festival itself, but held in different locations around the state during other months. This allows us to keep a focus on Maine science throughout the year, and encourage people to join us at the full MSF.

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