Coventry High School Science Teachers Selected For $20k Grant

COVENTRY, RI — Two Coventry High School Chemistry teachers were selected to receive $20,000 in equipment, supplies and training from the East Bay Educational Collaborative, the organization announced. The program, "A Natural Approach to Chemistry," was funded through a grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

Coventry's Robert Springer and Raymond Savickas were selected as one of ten schools in the program. The package includes six portable lab stations, probeware and software that will allow them to create and analyze graphs created by students, textbooks and online editions, virtual experiments, simulations, chemicals, laboratory manuals and more, as well as training from the East Bay Educational Collaborative on Monday and Tuesday.

The Physics 3600 grant from the Office of Naval Research is a three-year program meant to better prepare U.S. students for STEM fields.

"[The grants] help build and sustain a world-leading science and engineering workforce," the East Bay Educational Collaborative said in a release. "They do so by engaging students in real-life laboratory experiments using contemporary green technology and understandable instruction."