Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
The Research Triangle Park (RTP) site is home to Bayer CropScience's U.S. corporate
headquarters. Established in 2008, this site’s Making Science Make Sense (MSMS)
program has more than 56 employee volunteers in local area schools and nonprofit
organizations in Durham, Orange, Wake and Johnston counties.
Averaging almost eight events per month, the RTP MSMS team supports more than 1,700
students throughout the region. In 2011, MSMS will offer teacher workshops providing
hands-on science experiment resources and instructions in both a classroom environment
and on-line.
Specifically, the RTP Making Science Make Sense program supports:
- Durham Performance Learning Center (DPLC) Biology Class with monthly hands-on experiments
which coincide with their current topics of study
- Hands-on science education activities with students at Passage Home, a nationally
recognized faith-based nonprofit community development corporation that has been
serving Wake County, NC, since 1991
- Fun hands-on experiments at local area schools: Morrisville Elementary School, Carpenter
Elementary School, Quest Academy, Creekside Elementary School Science Festival
- Bring Your Child to Work Day event, sponsored by Bayer CropScience’s RTP Diversity
Council, provides fun and educational experiments for the children of local Bayer
CropScience employees
- Girl Scout Troop events
- Teacher Workshop event at the Bayer CropScience Clayton “training” facility
- 2010 Farm Progress Show (more than 900 students and adults participated in MSMS
events!)
To request more information about Making Science Make Sense in Research Triangle
Park, NC, contact our program coordinator at bcsmsmsrtpmail@bayercropscience.com
