Maine's Energy Future, Maine's Educational Future (MEF)2

缅因州数学和科学联盟正在与奥古斯塔学区、湖区学区（缅因州SAD 61）、梅萨隆斯基学区（缅因州SAD 47）、南缅因州社区学院、缅因州奥古斯塔大学和缅因州法明顿大学合作，强调缅因州能源未来和缅因州教育未来（MEF2）之间的联系。该伙伴关系得到了缅因州教育部和劳工部以及缅因州STEM合作组织和缅因湾研究所的进一步支持。MEF2正在为六年级到九年级的科学教师做准备，通过超越传统的课程界限来解决学生发展“能源素养”的需要：1)提供对能源过程和资源的深刻理解；2)展示这些能源原理如何在一个拥有丰富的自然可再生能源（即风能、波浪能、太阳能和生物质能）的州转化为能源工作。MEF2项目通过其政府合作伙伴为全州的教育和劳动力政策提供信息，并展示了STEM合作伙伴关系在弥合教师、社区和四年制大学的科学家以及教师教育工作者之间差距方面的潜力。

The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance is partnering with Augusta School District, Lake Region School District (Maine SAD 61), Messalonskee School District (Maine SAD 47), Southern Maine Community College, University of Maine at Augusta, and the University of Maine at Farmington highlighting the connections between Maine's Energy Future and Maine's Educational Future (MEF2). The partnership is further supported by the Maine Departments of Education and Labor as well as the Maine STEM Collaborative and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. MEF2 is preparing 6th to 9th grade science teachers to address the need for students to develop "energy literacy" by going beyond traditional course boundaries to 1) provide a deep understanding of energy processes and resources and 2) demonstrate how these energy principles translate into energy jobs in a state with abundant natural renewable sources of energy (i.e. wind, wave, solar and biomass). The MEF2 project through its governmental partners is informing statewide educational and workforce policies as well as demonstrating the potential of STEM partnerships to bridge the gaps between teachers, scientists from community and four-year colleges, and teacher educators.