COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
Jan. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is bringing the national
award-winning educational programs MathAlive! and Engineering is
Elementary® to Colorado
Springs in January.
"Raytheon is working to build the future by inspiring the next
generation of scientists and engineers," said Todd Probert, vice president of Mission Support
and Modernization at Raytheon Intelligence, Information and
Services. "MathAlive! and the Engineering is Elementary programs
will bring the excitement of STEM subjects to students in
Colorado Springs."
MathAlive!®, a one-of-a-kind, interactive math and science
exhibit, opens Saturday, Jan. 30, at
the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. The exhibit runs through
April 30. Admission to the museum is
free for uniformed and veteran military families with proper
military identification.
MathAlive! offers 40 unique, interactive experiences. Visitors
can:
- Design and play their own video games.
- Take the controls to "master-engineer" various aspects of a
modern city.
- Race in a snowboard challenge.
- Compete in a mountain-bike race.
- Capture their image in a 360-degree, freeze-action photo.
- Control a simulated Mars rover.
"We thank Raytheon for bringing MathAlive! to our Discovery
Center and helping students learn how much fun math can be. The
military families in our community will especially appreciate the
free admission to this extraordinary interactive experience," said
Elliot Pulham, Space Foundation
Chief Executive Officer.
As a partner to the Discovery Center's numerous special
educational events, Raytheon will also provide travel and admission
for area school districts from surrounding counties.
The company has also awarded a $37,000 Raytheon-Engineering is Elementary®
(EiE®) grant to help teach engineering concepts and practices to
elementary school students in Colorado
Springs District 11.
The grant funds classroom materials and professional development
for 25 teachers, who will attend a workshop on Thursday, January 21, to prepare to teach the
engineering-based curriculum to students. An educator will
also be trained to prepare more teachers to use the curriculum.
"This is an exciting opportunity to develop a working
relationship with a STEM-based community organization and
incorporate an award-winning curriculum into our current science
teaching," said Linda Sanders,
Colorado Springs School District
11 health and science facilitator. "This grant from Raytheon will
help us to build pathways for students to embrace STEM
subjects."
About the Space Foundation
Founded in 1983, the Space Foundation is the foremost advocate for
all sectors of space, and is a global, nonprofit leader in space
awareness activities, educational programs and major industry
events, including the annual Space Symposium, in support of its
mission "to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and
propel humanity." Space Foundation locations include its World
Headquarters and Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., a field office in
Houston and a Washington, D.C., office. It publishes The
Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, and
through its Space Certification™ and Space Technology
Hall of Fame® programs, recognizes space-based innovations that
have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Visit
www.SpaceFoundation.org, follow us on Facebook, Instagram,
LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Flickr and YouTube, and read
our e-newsletter Space Watch.
About Engineering is Elementary
- EiE is a project of the Museum of Science, Boston, developed with support from the
National Science Foundation.
- The EiE curriculum includes 20 units that integrate science
topics with a specific field of engineering.
- Through the use of storybooks, EiE introduces students to
children from different cultures and backgrounds who are trying to
solve engineering problems.
- EiE students as young as six years old conduct their own
experiments to collect the data needed to solve a similar problem
using a five-step engineering design process.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of
$23 billion and 61,000 employees
worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defense, civil government and cybersecurity markets throughout the
world. With a history of innovation spanning 93 years, Raytheon
provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration
and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well
as cybersecurity and a broad range of mission support services.
Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham,
Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com
and follow us on Twitter @Raytheon.
Media Contacts
Raytheon
Jo-Anne P. Sears
571.250.1914
iispr@raytheon.com
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