Grant Introduces a Museum-Designed Engineering Curriculum for Students

Scholarship helps teachers in disadvantaged schools introduce STEM Curriculum.

Thirty six schools have just been awarded Raytheon’s Engineering is Elementary (EIE) scholarship. The scholarship is designed to help teachers introduce a STEM curriculum to students in disadvantaged schools in the US.

The curriculum offers educational products, professional development for educators and promotes engineering advocacy. The fund will cover the professional development and supplies resources for teaching the curriculum. With over 71,000 teachers and 6.2 million students, research has also shown that the award-winning curriculum increases a student’s interest into STEM careers.

The Museum of Science’s National Center for Technological Literacy (NCTL) produced the curriculum to help elementary schools teach concepts key to engineering and technology.

“Many elementary teachers don’t have a background in science or engineering,” said Christine Cunningham, director of EiE. “We’re really pleased to offer support through Raytheon scholarships; workshop graduates tell us EiE professional development helps them feel confident about teaching these subjects.”

Museum President Ioannis Miaoulis said, “Raytheon’s generous support further expands our mission to bring engineering to elementary-aged children by accelerating adoption of EiE in underserved school districts.”

Raytheon has sponsored over 100 scholarships in the past three years as part of a one million dollar grant to the Museum. The grant was awarded to the Museum to improve student engagement in STEM between elementary and middle school. Based on the results of the aforementioned study, it seems the grant is working.

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