'Science of Sports' Science Fair Coming to Gillette Stadium this Weekend

For the last five months, students from 17 New England Boys & Girls Clubs have participated in the fifth annual “Science of Sports” Science Fair, a youth outreach and mentoring program that uses sports as a context to teach the principles of math and science.

On May 5, that interactive and exciting program is coming to Foxborough with more than 120 “Science of Sports” middle school students from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire Boys & Girls Clubs and their Raytheon mentors competing at The Putnam Club East of Gillette Stadium.

Students will present their projects for judging, many of which will include dramatic visual demonstrations of science specific principles. Each member of the three top winning teams, which will be announced during the program, will receive a $1,000 (first place), $750 (second place) or $500 (third place) scholarship.

The Kraft Group Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft, New England Patriots offensive tackle Nate Solder and Raytheon Company chairman and CEO William H. Swanson will judge the projects and award prizes in the science fair.

The event begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Putnam Club East of Gillette Stadium. Judging begins at 12:20 p.m. with the presentation of awards scheduled for 1 p.m.                               

Raytheon employees have made regular visits to the following Boys & Girls Clubs to act as mentors and help imagine and execute projects that explore math or science through sports:

• Billerica
• Brockton
• Charlestown
• Dorchester
• Hudson
• Lawrence
• Leominster
• Lowell
• Marlborough
• Marshfield
• Nashua, N.H.
• Newport, R.I.
• Pawtucket, R.I.
• Roxbury
• Salem, N.H.
• Waltham
• Woburn