SBIR/STTR Research Award
An Augmented Reality Sandbox for use in Early Elementary STEM Instruction
Award amount
$900,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Recipient company
- PARAMETRIC STUDIO, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-06-14
- Contract end date
- 2022-06-17
- UEI
- XGXLBQN366T1
- Solicitation number
- 91990020R0007
- Topic code
- 91990020R0007
Research abstract
This project will fully develop NEWTON-AR, an augmented reality (AR) application-based engineering, computer science, and STEM puzzle game for children in kindergarten to grade three. Intended for use in classrooms, after-school programs, and at home, NEWTON-AR will combine AR, engineering, simulation, making, and programming into a sandbox game where students create, modify, simulate, prototype, and test contraptions to solve puzzle challenges. With each challenge many of the components have kit elements that can be fabricated and combined with virtual simulations in mixed-reality design and testing activities. NEWTON-AR will also include supporting curricular materials for teachers, student workbooks, and online media resources.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- A Virtual Project-Based Learning Sandbox for Mimetics and Medically Inspired Classroom Engineering (MiMICRE)
- A Virtual Project-Based Learning Sandbox for Mimetics and Medically Inspired Classroom Engineering (MiMICRE)
- Project-based STEM Education Tools for Distance Learning and Workforce Development in Rural Communities
- An Augmented Reality Sandbox for use in Early Elementary STEM Instruction
- SBIR Phase II: Engineering Design Instruction Software for implementing Objectives of Next (EDISON) Generation Standards in K-12
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- LabAR: An Augmented Reality Learning System for STEM
- Learn-Implementation Exchange in Context
- Powerskills Game Lab: Improving High School Communication Skills Through Formative Assessment
- Navigation System for Early Childhood Assessment and Instruction
- VR-enhanced Immersive Science Investigations into Biology and Genetics
Research funding history
9 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2016–2023). Reported award amounts total $5,129,215. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture