Raytheon's MathMovesU program is a proud sponsor of National Engineers Week, exciting students across the nation by illustrating the connection between math, their passions and interests and "cool" careers. Raytheon believes that tomorrow's engineers and technologists need to be excited by and interested in math today.

In a recent survey commissioned by Raytheon, many middle school students would like jobs in the engineering field. For example, 53 percent of children would like a job helping design and build rides at an amusement park, 42 percent would like a job designing video games, and 37 percent would like to work on equipment that explores Mars. Yet students don’t recognize that they need to study math and science to get these jobs.

Students involved in the study acknowledged that a more active learning experience such as playing games and hands-on interactions with real life examples would make math more fun and interesting.

To enable and encourage this type of engagement, Raytheon engineers across the country are reaching out to students during National Engineers Week - giving student tours of manufacturing facilities, hosting hands-on activities and making school visits. In El Segundo, Calif., NASCAR driver Kevin Conway will discuss the use of math in racing technology with local middle school students. At sites in Texas, Massachusetts, Florida and Indiana, Raytheon is holding math and science-oriented student competitions that range from building hovercraft to "Engineering Jeopardy."

MathMovesU Activities During National Engineer’s Week
To help encourage students’ interest in math, Raytheon has a variety of activities during National Engineers week designed to engage students with engineering professions:

SAS – El Segundo, Calif.

• KNBC meteorologist Pablo Perriera will discuss math in weather forecasting
• NASCAR driver Kevin Conway will discuss math in racing technology
• Videogame developer Mark Skaggs will discuss math in videogame development
• Lego League robotics demonstration
• MathCounts competition

SAS – Goleta, Calif.

• Raytheon engineers speaking in local schools

SAS – McKinney, Texas

• Raytheon engineers speaking in local schools
• Students touring Raytheon, competing in games

RMS – Tucson, Ariz.

• Raytheon engineers speaking in local schools

IIS – Garland, Texas

• Raytheon engineers speaking in local schools
• Students touring Raytheon

IDS - Nationwide

• Raytheon engineers speaking in local schools
• Students touring Raytheon

NCS – McKinney, Texas

• Students touring Raytheon
• Students building hovercraft
• Students building fuel-cell vehicles to transport eggs
• Disney Imagineer Joe Tankersley giving demonstration

NCS - St. Petersburg/Largo, Fla.

• Egg drop competitions
• Robotics demonstrations

NCS - Fullerton, Calif.

• "Introduce a Girl to Engineering" day with Sarah Stratton, Olympic volleyball player

NCS - Towson, Md.

• Middle school science project contest

NCS - Ft. Wayne, Ind.

• Students touring Raytheon
• Nintendo Wii competitions

Raytheon is committed to the development of math and science skills for this generation and the next. Raytheon believes creating awareness and reinforcing math and science skills is critical to support the future technology workforce.

New MathMovesU Videos
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