Educator and school programs at Battleship Cove.

The RITE Program

Funded with the generous support of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, the RITE (Raytheon Inspiring Technology Exploration) Program is a paid, two-week externship in which professional educators learn how to make abstract academic concepts intelligible to their students by connecting classroom the curriculum to its real-world applications.

In the RITE program, teachers pair with a professional engineer and collectively decipher a technology at Battleship Cove. Teacher then develop the TECH TIME Curriculum Guide and Technology Intrepetive Panels (TIPs), which are displayed permanently throughout the museum.

A winner of Raytheon's company-wide Gold Award for Community Relations, the RITE Program is now running full steam in its fourth year. Contact the Education Department to learn more, or apply online.

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TIP-TOP SHAPE: In the RITE Program, teachers design TIPs (Technological Interpretive Panels), which trace a technology’s development and associated career paths.Subsequently, these handsome four-color panels are installed throughout the Cove for the benefit of the museum’s visitors. Liz Carter, a RITE Program scholar in 2002 and RITE support staff in 2003, recently applied the concept of TIPs to her classroom . Utilizing the pedagogy of project based learning, Liz’s students create “TIPs” on a subject related to computers (above). As a multi-tasked project with measurable outcomes, the assignment provides the students with the same useful skills that a term paper or basic report provides - and it is a lot more fun! Bravo Zulu, Liz! -

TEACHERS, ENLIST IN THE RITE PROGRAM: Are you searching for summer professional development opportunities? Look no further, we have the RITE program for you!

The RITE (Raytheon Inspiring Technology Exploration) Program is generously sponsored by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems.