Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative

Welcome

University Of Maine, FBRI Summer 2009

As a RET (research experience for teachers)  it is our job to identify research based curriculum that will introduce middle school students to the goals of FBRI. Although much of the research is more complicated than what most middle level students are able to comprehend, it is our mission to learn about all the different investigations and pull from them important concepts that are & can be introduced at the middle school level. We will use FBRI as the hook to get students interested in the sciences, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Descriptions of the summer REU research projects are posted in the category labeled “FBRI REU Research Summaries” along with the professor/s with whom they work.

We hope this blog proves to be useful. It is a place to ask questions, share ideas and discuss how the FBRI curriculum ideas can be improved.

2009-2010 RET Contacts

Tracy Vassiliev
Physical and Applied Science Teacher and Gifted & Talented Teacher
James F. Doughty School
tvassiliev@bangorschools.net

RayeAnne DeSoto
REACH Coordinator
Gardiner Regional Middle School
rdesoto@sad11.k12.me.us