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Raytheon Celebrates Math And Science Education On MARS Day
Waltham, MA (SPX) Jul 21, 2007 Did the Mars Exploration Rovers find evidence of life on the Red planet? How long is a Martian year? Today, nearly 100 Washington area YMCA summer campers, ages 11-13 years, learned the answers to these questions when they teamed with Raytheon for a celebration of the planet Mars. Raytheon, as part of its MathMovesU middle school initiative, is showing young people how engaging math and science can be with a series of Mars-related activities, including hosting the YMCA campers at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's annual MARS Day and recognizing the winner of the national MathMovesU Mission to MARS online math challenge. In anticipation of MARS Day, summer campers from the Calomiris, National Capital and Capital View branches of the Metropolitan Washington YMCA worked to construct models of the solar system earlier this week. The campers showcased them on the steps of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum today before entering the museum to view the exhibits. In addition to festivities at the museum, Raytheon announced the winner of its MathMovesU Mission to Mars challenge. Nicholas Grazio, a 7th grader from Wake Forest, N.C., won the grand prize - a Raytheon sponsored VIP trip for four to Washington, D.C., and a VIP guided tour through the MARS Day exhibits. Aimed at encouraging kids to sharpen their math skills in an entertaining, interactive format, the MathMovesU challenge saw more than 700 sixth to eighth grade students nationwide participate in the space-themed, online math competition. "It's heartening to see the national response for our MARS Day festivities, which tells us if we appeal to students' imaginations, they are more receptive to math and science," said Kristin Hilf, Raytheon's vice president of community relations. "MathMovesU helps middle schoolers build their math skills virtually, through activities and contests that can help them realize that math is relevant to their interests and can actually be a lot of fun." Related Links MathMovesU initiative Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com Lunar Dreams and more
Scientists Find That Earth And Mars Are Different To The Core
Oxford UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2007Research comparing silicon samples from Earth, meteorites and planetary materials, published in Nature (28th June 2007), provides new evidence that the Earth's core formed under very different conditions from those that existed on Mars. It also shows that the Earth and the Moon have the same silicon isotopic composition supporting the theory that atoms from the two mixed in the early stages of their development. This latest research which was carried out by scientists from Oxford University along with colleagues from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) compared silicon isotopes from rocks on Earth with samples from meteorites and other solar system materials. |
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