Block Club Chicago – One of the tenants of a planned South Side megadevelopment has donated $10,000 to support science education at a nearby high school.
PsiQuantum, an anchor tenant to the 415-acre redevelopment of the former U.S. Steel South Works site, donated the money to Bowen High School, 2710 E. 89th St. in South Chicago.
The school is about a mile from the south end of the development, which will be home to the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. PsiQuantum plans to use the park to continue its efforts to build the world’s first quantum computer for practical use.
The $10,000 donation will purchase virtual reality equipment, robotics, rockets, drones and other technology to “enable hands-on learning” in Bowen’s engineering, math and science classes, PsiQuantum executive Mo Green said.
“The goal here is to give kids access to what a future in an engineering, science or tech career would look like,” said Green, the company’s head of market development and community and govermment affairs. “I’m really curious to see how this technology will transform the lesson plans that teachers can give in the school.”
Image Credit: Block Club Chicago / Maxwell Evans
