Join us for the Maine Science Festival!!

Mark Your Calendars for the 10th annual MSF!!

Schedule of Events:

11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Downtown Bangor Scavenger Hunt???

A downtown science scavenger hunt! Pick up your sheet/ information at the Briar Patch, and go find the science the clues lead you to. Once done, return your signed slip to the Briar Patch. The top finisher receives a prize, and all who finish will be entered into a drawing for a goodie bag. The hunt has to be completed between 11 am -1 pm.

11:30 am - 12:45 pm: Invisible Lines, Tangible Impacts: The Anthropology of Borders?

Professor Dan Sandweiss will be presenting on the historic and archaeological border situation in Peru and Obie Casperson will be presenting her research on Cyprus' green line.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: PFAS and Agriculture

In this session, we will give an introduction to PFAS and how it came to be introduced in some agricultural soils in Maine. We will also share the results of a recent research project where we worked with a commercial farm that had contaminated soils to test PFAS uptake into vegetables. Co-presenters will include UMaine researchers, graduate students, and farmers.