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Educating, Connecting, and Inspiring: See What’s New with the SME Foundation
In late July, the SME Foundation’s Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) again attended Scouting America’s National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. The 2026 Jamboree was attended…
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Celebrating Our Students During Back-to-School Season
SME’s student community of 2,000 plus members epitomizes our core values of safety, stewardship, innovation, ethics, inclusion and collaboration. Across…
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Celebrate and Educate: Mining’s Role in American History and Beyond
Have you ever wondered about the materials that go into the construction of America’s signature monuments? The SME Foundation’s Minerals…
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Partner with the MEC by sponsoring outreach at the 2026 NSTA Conference
The Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) is seeking sponsors to support its outreach at the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) National…
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Celebrate America’s 250th all summer long with resources and ideas for activities from the MEC
There are so many things you can do in the summer with young ones to have fun while learning more…
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MEC sends K-12 kits to SME Sections
A toolkit was developed through the K-12 Outreach Program, which was piloted in Denver and Salt Lake City over the…
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SME sections are reaching out in states
This fall, SME sections attended their states’ science teacher conferences with the support of the Minerals Education Coalition (MEC), to…
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Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with MEC’s new Monumental Minerals Poster
The new MEC Monumental Minerals poster showcases monuments from across the United States and the mined rocks, minerals and metals…
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Empowering Educators: MEC brings minerals to the classroom at NSTA Conference
The text from Minnesota DNR geologist, Minnesota Mineral Education Workshop coordinator, and past MEC award winner Sara Welna read “Gosh…
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SME sections get support to attend state science teacher conferences
This fiscal year, the Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) offered SME sections additional support. If SME sections attend their state science…
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