No Child Left Inside Effort Spawns New Website Thursday, June 07, 2007 Acadia Partners, working with Acadia National Park and Friends of Acadia, has launched a new website called "Kids Outside."  This new website, located at www.kidsoutside.org, was created to provide a way for the teachers, parents, academic experts, National Park and Maine Department of Conservation staff, business people, and others to continue the work that was started at the "No Child Left Inside" meeting held at the Schoodic campus on May 3 and 4. Read full article: 'No Child Left Inside Effort Spawns New Website' (532 bytes more)

Friends of Acadia and Acadia Partners Announce L.L. Bean Acadia Research Grant Winners Friday, May 25, 2007 Friends of Acadia and Acadia Partners for Science and Learning are pleased to announce the nine L.L. Bean Acadia Research Fellowship proposals selected to receive funding in the coming year. From seabirds, snails, and brook trout, to winter visitors and granite formations, the proposals selected for funding present a wide range of scientific research that will take place in Acadia National Park. Read full article: 'Friends of Acadia and Acadia Partners Announce L.L. Bean Acadia Research Grant Winners' (4039 bytes more)

No Child Left Inside Conference -- Day 2 Friday, May 04, 2007 Today was the second day of Acadia National Park's No Child Left Inside conference, concluding the meeting. The meeting was attended by over 50 people from around the state, focusing attention on the question of what we can do to create more engagement between kids and the outdoors. You can read my notes from this second day of the meeting by clicking here.

No Child Left Inside Conference -- Day 1 Thursday, May 03, 2007 Today Acadia National Park hosted the first day of a conference to discuss what Richard Louv called the "Nature Deficit Disorder" prevalent among many children. Hosted here at the Schoodic Education and Research Center, the conference drew educators, park managers, guides, business people, academic experts, and others from around the State of Maine to: begin a state-wide dialogue the question of the connection between children and nature, begin to assess the perception of the issue from multiple perspectives in the state, develop a network of interested organizations, and start to form a list of collaborative actions to encourage use of the outdoors by youth. The event is sponsored by the National Park Service, Maine Department of Conservation, College of the Atlantic, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Friends of Acadia, LL Bean, and Acadia Partners for Science and Learning. Notes from the first day's proceedings are available here.

Advanced Placement Courses for Teachers at Schoodic Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Acadia Partners for Science and Learning hosts a variety of professional development opportunities for teachers. Our summer institutes take place on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus, located at Schoodic Point within Acadia National Park. We are endorsed by the College Board as an Advanced Placement Summer Institute site. We also offer "Schoodic Institutes" that grow out of our ongoing work with teachers over the course of the school year. The Schoodic Institutes focus on use of inquiry-based instructional techniques coupled with field work and student research. Read full article: 'Advanced Placement Courses for Teachers at Schoodic' (2565 bytes more)

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