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Memorial Day

To honor those who have served this memorial day, Science Playhouse would like to offer this free downloadable 24 x 36 poster. All of the pictures that make up this mosaic are from the Green Beret Foundation Memorial Wall. Please share it freely! Not a requirement, but please consider donating to the Green ...

Prairie Winds Elementary – Thank You Letters

Hard-nosed Green Beret conquers elementary school with science program – Colorado Springs Gazette

Maj. Warren Foster was a stony-faced Green Beret - that rusty-nails-for-breakfast type. Now, though, the Army retiree is taking education skills he learned in the Green Berets to a new venue that requires a softer touch - elementary school. Foster, of Monument, created Science Playhouse "on a mission to create a fun, hands on, ...

UCLA EBV Alumnus Warren Foster Wins National Entrepreneurship Competition – UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog

Interview by Golie Alemi Entrepreneurial veterans got the opportunity to apply skills obtained from the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans program and the chance to receive a share of more than $110,000 in seed funding during the national D’Aniello Family Foundation Business Plan Competition. Graduates of the EBV and EBV-Families programs were invited to submit …

Where did all the Computer Scientists go? And what can I do to ensure my kids can support themselves and not move in with me after college ?

Irina Foster, Engineer, Master’s of Science, LEED AP, Academic Director of Science Playhouse Maybe California or New York?? Apparently, there is a huge shortage of computer scientists in Colorado. Our business community has been calling for more skilled STEM professionals, especially computer scientists, for years. “Colorado currently has more than 16,000 open computing ...

Can you find your way in a new town without GPS? Or How to Improve Your Child’s Spatial Skills

Irina Foster, Engineer, Master’s of Science, LEED AP, Academic Director of Science Playhouse This recent KQED article raised an interesting question of spatial awareness, gender differences and how it relates to STEM. “The ability to mentally manipulate objects is key to success in many fields, including physics and engineering. Spatial skills are an early ...

When can we start teaching youngsters science and technology and most importantly, How?

Irina Foster, Engineer, Master’s of Science, LEED AP, Academic Director of Science Playhouse Interestingly, we at Science Playhouse have had many conversations about developing meaningful STEM programs for 3-5 year olds. In fact, our own almost 4 year old Matthew gets so excited about watching his older brothers experimenting and “playing” with science, ...

How U.S. Students Stack Up in Math, Reading and Science

Irina Foster, Engineer, Master’s of Science, LEED AP, Academic Director of Science Playhouse “More than 1 in 4 15-year-olds living in economically developed countries – some 13 million students – do not have a basic level of knowledge in at least one of the three core subjects: math, reading and science. In some …