The Mission
What can your teachers
do with the right tools?
Giving education innovators the ability to innovate school STEM engagement is imperative for the future of education. We can partner with you to elevate your curriculum to new heights.
Developing Future STEM Innovators: Economic Imperative
Our future depends on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
Almost 10 years ago, the US National Science Board estimated “the US deep need for a world-leading STEM workforce and a scientifically, mathematically, and technologically literate populace, which will determine whether the United States will remain a leader among nations and whether we will be able to solve immense challenges in such areas as energy, health, environmental protection, and national security.” Today, the gap in the workforce continues to grow. Our highest-achieving students are lagging behind students in other countries. Over 75 percent of science and mathematics teachers in grades 7-12 are under-qualified in these disciplines.
Teaching Physics to the Future
Our Physics in a Box program offers rigorous, proactive, sustained growth for scientific, technological, mathematical, and pedagogical knowledge and skills. It provides the tools, curriculum and training that allows teachers to learn in a fashion that elicits engagement, intellectual curiosity, and creative problem solving—essential skills for the leaders of future innovation.
Imagine what our teachers could do knowing they won’t fail, received weekly support from the best education and science experts, had the best tools available, and were able to immediately implement everything they’ve learned. If that were the case, their emerging students would be on fire about their classroom experience!
Physics for Everyone
We are creating tomorrow’s talent TODAY. Studying physics promotes critical thinking and develops a foundation for strong analytical, research and problem-solving skills. It is the core of all science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM) skills and jobs.
Physical Science Research Associates is the fastest growing teacher development and student program. It’s completely hands-on, and creates a physics classroom experience that blows results from both teachers and students out of the water. Through accessible experiments containing high-quality instruments, every student in the classroom can be a leader in math and science. Teachers will have the tools to meet each student where they are, and elevate them.
Take the first step to a greater future of your kids, your education system, your region!
Our Team
Mark Lautman
Senior Advisor, Economic & Workforce Development Impact
Laurie Elwick
Teacher Development and Support
Chuck Hendrick
Curriculum Development
Kate Kacou
Director of Strategic Partnership,
US-Southeast
Dr. Frank D. Curcio
Physics in a Box Evangelist
Doug Hetzler
Director of Communications
Videography
Sean Craig
Communication Design
Kristi Rieger Campbell
Communications
Allison Coombs
Digital Marketing
"We already see that it will flatten the remediation in our community colleges, reverse the current 80% wash out rate in our STEM programs at universities, and in seven years, we’ll flood our local market with tech-savvy new workers.”
Mark Lautman, World-Renowned Thought Leader and Economic Architect
Why Make the Investment?
When you invest with Physical Science Research Associates, you invest in a top quality program and equipment, excellent teacher development, and everything you hope to expect from an expert in the field. When looking for an advantage for your children, your teachers, and your community, the bigger win is creating a fertile field of possibilities for them with our program.
5 star rating
From teachers, administrators, and students
15
Minutes
Average preparation time per lesson with Physics in the Box
(compared to 60 minutes without)
30+
Years
Experience with educators and business leaders globally
18,000+ hours
Of delivered teacher professional development
Let's Connect
If you are interested in uplifting your education to the next level while giving your students the edge to push them higher earlier, please fill out the form to the right. We have already helped school districts all over the U.S. uplift their physics education process while helping reduce cost and energy.
We believe in a world with a physics lab in every classroom, let us achieve that goal