Earlier this year BSSC welcomed its first interns in the Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming in-school program as teaching assistants. University of New England (UNE) seniors Jenni Andrade and Abbi Charvat are Marine Affairs majors. This internship gives Jenni the opportunity to further explore her interest in Education, and […]
Boothbay Sea and Science Center has been awarded the prestigious US Sailing Creative Innovations in Programming award. The award recognizes “those programs, or individuals, who have successfully found new, and different, methods for teaching sailing,” according to US Sailing. The award is given to one organization each year and […]
The program is now in 15 schools in 7 Maine counties The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) experiential program, “Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming”, a school-based effort in its 7th year, has expanded its reach to 15 schools in seven Maine Counties. This in-school program impacts more than […]
Middle School students at Tremont Consolidated School in Bass Harbor are participating in the Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s Science of Seaweed Farming program. This is their first year growing seedlings of Saccharina latissama (Sugar Kelp) and Alaria esculenta (Alaria Kelp) seedlings growing in their classroom tank. The students, […]
While it’s been several weeks since the Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s nine-week summer program came to a close, the sight of the BSSC fleet of sailboats and rowboats cruising through the bay and kids exploring tidepools and enthusiastically exclaiming “I found a crab” delighting neighbors and visitors alike is […]
One of the many great things about the Boothbay Sea and Science Center is the opportunity to learn from guest speakers and explore our community. This summer BSSC students were excited to visit places like Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Washburn & Doughty, Nathaniel S. Wilson Sailmaker Sail Loft, and […]
As the waterfront and boats are readied for winter, BSSC continues its outreach in the community and beyond sharing their resources and passion at: the Boothbay Region Elementary School “Set for Success” event where families picked up BSSC program information and coloring books; the Pemaquid Oyster Festival and Boothbay Railway […]
Our 2023/2024 Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming program is in 15 schools (11 in 2022/2023) in 7 Maine Counties (Lincoln, Androscoggin, Cumberland, York, Kennebec, Piscataquis, Hancock). This experiential program is a school-based effort exploring the conditions under which macro-algae grows and directed toward a better understanding of an industry […]
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) has been accepted into the Roux Institute’s program for Mission-Aligned Entrepreneurship for Environmental Non-Profits. The new program is designed to assist Maine non-profit organizations that are in the early stage of developing a new income stream to supplement other sources of support. “It […]
