Our Mission is to promote public understanding and appreciation of the sciences, to support scientific research and education in areas relevant to the needs of the state and to provide consultative or advisory services on matters of science to the Governor, and to local, state and federal agencies.
Our Motto is:
Think, Explore, Learn!
 Massachusetts is one of the world's leading centers of science. To connect its citizens to this intellectual bounty and spread its benefits to all, the Commonwealth needs a very visible organization devoted to the intersection of science, education, and public service. It also needs a consulting service to strengthen regional leadership in government and business. The Massachusetts Academy of Science is designed to fill both these roles. - E. O. Wilson |
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Dr. Edward O. Wilson is one of the great minds of our time. His groundbreaking research, original thinking, and scientific and popular writing have changed the way humans think of nature, and our place in it. Currently he is a research professor and museum curator at Harvard University. He has received many of the world's leading prizes for his research in science, his environmental activism, and his writing.
Learn More about E. O. Wilson
MASSBIOED FUNDS SCITUATE STUDENTS
A statewide nonprofit is helping to prepare Scituate High School students for jobs in the biotechnology industry. Starting next year, high school students will have a lab in which they will learn about DNA fingerprinting, bacteria and sickle cell anemia. The lessons will take place in biotech labs paid for by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd).
MA SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS
Congratulations to the winners!
1st Place Grand Prize - The 2008 Genzyme Award
Olivia Schwob
How Worms Learn II
Boston Latin School
Frederick P. Fish Patent Award
Shawn Onessimo & William Overstreet
Lowell Catholic High School
Frank-N-Spine
William K. Richardson Patent Award
Mary Lucia Hedberg
North Attleboro High School
Desert Desiccant: Low Humidity Therapy for Arthritis Pain Relief?
CALLING ALL KIDS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT over the SUMMER!
MITS Inc., (the Museum Institute for Teaching Science) is holding its annual Summer Institute July 7th to July 18th. The program offers K-8 teachers professional development opportunities to learn inquiry-based, hands-on methods of teaching science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in nine regions of MA. This year's theme is Headline Science: Science, Math, and Literacy Behind the Headlines, and will allow teachers the ability to explore and learn about the science processes that go into developing what the public reads in the news.
Topics will include global warming, water quality, energy, the ecosystem, engineering skills, forensics, and the effects of the environment on our bodies. Teachers will learn how to teach these subjects using inquiry-based methods from highly trained Museum Educators who will model these methods on three levels: directed, guided, and open inquiry. Teachers will have the unique experience to learn from primary source materials at museums and will spend about 2 days in a different museum for each region, exploring botanical gardens, zoos, the aquarium, art museums, natural reserves, the ocean, and more.
The cost of the program is only $200 or $175 if more than one teacher comes from the same school. Teachers will earn either 60 or 90 PDPs, and those teachers who choose to earn 90 PDPs have the option of earning 3-4 college credits for an additional cost. There are still spaces available. For more information and registration contact the office at 617-695-9771 or mits@mits.org. Information is also directly available through their web site http://www.mits.org/ . For out of state participants interested in attending an Institute, please contact the MITS office at your earliest possible convenience about low-cost housing options.
MEET ASPIRING SCIENTISTS
Meet the next generation of scientists and find out more about how they will make an impact on our scientific community. This week, meet Chris Mitchell, a herpetologist who is just graduating from high school.
Our 2008 priorities include:
