5 0 , 7 5 2 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 - 0 9 ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁fund ing ▁of ▁$ 3 3 1 , 8 0 5 . ▁In ▁Lawrence ▁County ▁the ▁highest ▁award ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁New ▁Castle ▁Area ▁School ▁District . ▁The ▁highest ▁fund ing ▁state wide ▁was ▁awarded ▁to ▁Philadelphia ▁City ▁School ▁District ▁in ▁Philadelphia ▁County ▁- ▁$ 9 , 4 0 9 , 0 7 3 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Class rooms ▁for ▁the ▁Future ▁fund ing ▁was ▁cur ta iled ▁state wide ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁massive ▁state ▁financial ▁crisis . ▁ ▁Science ▁It ’ s ▁Element ary ▁Grant ▁George ▁Washington ▁Inter mediate ▁School ▁successfully ▁applied ▁to ▁particip ate ▁and ▁received ▁a ▁ ▁Science ▁It ' s ▁Element ary ▁grant ▁ ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 - 0 9 . ▁For ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 - 0 9 ▁school ▁year , ▁the ▁program ▁was ▁offered ▁in ▁ 1 4 3 ▁schools ▁reaching ▁ 2 , 8 4 7 ▁teachers ▁and ▁ 6 6 , 9 7 3 ▁students ▁across ▁Pennsylvania . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁Department ▁of ▁Education ▁initi ated ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁improve ▁science ▁instruction ▁in ▁the ▁Commonwealth ' s ▁public ▁elementary ▁schools . ▁Cal led ▁Science : ▁It ' s ▁Element ary , ▁the ▁program ▁is ▁a ▁hands ▁on ▁instruction ▁approach ▁for ▁elementary ▁science ▁classes ▁that ▁develop s ▁problem - sol ving ▁and ▁critical ▁thinking ▁skills . ▁To ▁encou rage ▁schools ▁to ▁adopt