Charlotte Brooke, 11, looks at plankton from the Gulf of Maine through a microscope at LabVenture in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Friday. Sixth-graders from Greene Central School in Greene, Maine, visited the newly reopened learning space, where they can explore the impact of a changing climate on the Gulf of Maine and its species.

Delaney Giroux, 11, waits for her turn to look at plankton from the Gulf of Maine on Friday through a microscope at LabVenture in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland.

From left, Charlotte Brooke, Kitanna Carey and Delaney Giroux write on a multi-touch table while their classmate Kavon Graham-Jones looks through the microscope at plankton from the Gulf of Maine.

From left, sixth-graders Kavon Graham-Jones, Owen Pelkey, Kitanna Carey, Charlotte Brooke and Delaney Giroux pose for their group photo as "The Puffins" research group Friday at LabVenture in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. The students came with their class from Greene Central School in Greene, Maine.

Students from Greene Central School watch a video about the Gulf of Maine at LabVenture in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Friday. In the newly reopened learning space, partially funded by a grant from NASA, students can explore the impact of a changing climate on the Gulf of Maine and its species.

From left, Heather Mousseau, Alyssa Prosser and Madison Madore take measurements and record data on a lobster while working on a group research project at LabVenture on Friday.