The Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland is receiving a $6.5 million grant from NASA to create a new educational program focused on science knowledge and problem-solving related to climate change. The new educational content will be delivered to 10,000 5th and 6th graders from Maine who visit GMRI each year. Work at GMRI will begin immediately, and new programming content is expected to be available for the 2018-2019 school year. Read full story
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