from AT&T | July 20, 2017 read it > MdBio recently received a contribution from AT&T to support STEM education initiatives and direct service programs that serve students in grades 7-12 in underserved communities. The programs will include the ATLAS college and career symposium and school-based programs designed to engage students about lucrative career opportunities in…
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from ABC2 News (WMAR) | July 19, 2017 watch it > BALTIMORE, Md. – Behind safety glasses, a girl intently focused on the task at hand, detecting the color change from a combination she just made. The goal to find out if the vial’s contents are acidic or basic. She’s in 6th grade, and part of a…
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MdBio will offer 35 week-long mobile laboratory visits for the 2017/2018 school year. Of these weeks, twenty seven (27) have been set aside for priority schools (defined by MdBio as those schools with a majority of students eligible for free/reduced meals). Priority schools will be required to provide documentation showing their eligibility at time of…
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from Edutopia | June 26, 2017 read it > Two of MdBio’s mobile labs, the MdBioLab and the Mobile eXploration Lab, have been featured in a photo essay by Edutopia, the education hub funded by the George Lucas Educational Foundation. MdBio’s mobile labs were highlighted alongside traveling art studios, science labs, and greenhouses from across the…
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Triune Builds the Country’s Largest & Most Advanced Mobile STEM Lab from Triune Manufacturing | read it > Crime scene investigation, DNA extraction, alternative fuels and bioengineering are just a few of the classes and lab activities available in the Mobile eXploration Lab (MXLab), the country’s largest and most advanced mobile STEM education laboratory. “Triune’s years of experience…
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Today, the MdBio Foundation is pleased to announce the Eastern Region finalists in the STEM Voice™ Video Competition, a nationwide opportunity for students in grades 5 to 12 to explore the importance of STEM. The competition encourages students to be creative and use video to show how much they love STEM. Chosen from nearly 50 entries by a panel…
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from WUTB / WNUV, Baltimore | June 4, 2017 School’s nearly out, but MdBio’s team is hard at work on summer camp programs across the state. On June 4, MdBio CEO Brian Gaines appeared on Straight Talk with Mike Gimbel to discuss MdBio’s Young Science Explorers’ Program (YSEP), a weeklong summer camp program for rising seventh and eight…
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Partners with BEST and DoD STEM to Host College and Career Expo at University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC – May 23, 2017 – Today more than 100 students from three schools in Washington, D.C., had the opportunity to learn more about careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and get hands-on experience in…
DetailsThe mysteries of the Martian landscape have long been part of the human imagination. With the development of more sophisticated telescopes, this only grew as the complex geography of Mars was mistaken for canals built by an alien race. These theories about Mars sparked the creativity of many authors and through the years many novels…
DetailsThe Phoenix Mars lander, a collaboration between the University of Arizona and NASA, was sent to Mars in 2010 to undertake the mission of understanding the polar regions of Mars and searching for signs of water. They provide educational resources pertaining to this mission. The Remote Sensing Ice on Mars activity allows students to act as scientists using different…
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