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y DiscoveryCube° <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />Exhibit A <br />Fun with Colors gives early learners an enriched opportunity to visit the Cube to learn about <br />color science with fun, age -appropriate reading, and interactive activities. Uunderserved students <br />are typically denied the opportunity to attend school field trips. Furthermore, field trips are <br />needed now more than ever for minority children, given that minority groups were the most <br />adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools are taking more virtual field trips as a <br />result of the pandemic. Yet virtual field trips cannot effectively replace the enriching kind of <br />real -world learning that in -person field trips offer. Young children need on -site, in -person field <br />trips that foster their interest in STEM learning. <br />Futuros Radiantes parents and teachers to read more books geared toward STEM to their young <br />children. Futuros Radiantes was recognized with a 2016 Superintendent's Award for Excellence <br />in Museum Education. In May 2013, Discovery Cube was awarded the National Medal of <br />Service by First Lady Michelle Obama, the highest honor conferred upon museums and libraries <br />for its community impact and excellence in promoting environmental awareness and <br />stewardship. <br />Collectively, Fun with Colors and Futuros Radiantes is an innovative and comprehensive <br />program geared toward providing underserved early learners with early STEM educational <br />opportunities to spark their lifelong interest in science, mathematics, critical thinking, and <br />discovery. Our vision is that one day, minority individuals will be well represented in STEM - <br />based careers due, in part, to our efforts to intervene with early learners in Santa Ana. <br />22 <br />