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West Haven, Conn. (Bayer-New Haven Public Schools Partnership)

In 1999, Bayer formed a partnership with the New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) and Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) that significantly expanded Bayer’s Making Science Make Sense (MSMS) program throughout the greater New Haven region.

The Bayer-NHPS-SCSU partnership centered on a five-year, $250,000 Making Science Make Sense grant for the implementation of a new science curriculum, changing from a traditional textbook, memorization-based approach to one that is inquiry-based and hands-on. Designed by the National Science Resources Center, the curriculum - called Science and Technology for Children (STC) - is aligned with the National Science Education Standards, Connecticut’s Science Education Standards and the NHPS District Science Standards.

Since 1999, the Bayer-NHPS-SCSU partnership has:

• Purchased more than 700 STC curriculum kits.
  
  
• Established a teacher training program at SCSU that trains teachers on how to teach other teachers to use the hands-on, inquiry-based science kits.
  
  
• Trained 790 teachers in all 39 NHPS schools that house grades K-6 to use the new curriculum and implement it in their classrooms. More than 12,000 students each year are using the new curriculum.
  
  
• Created a Science Resource Center at SCSU to refurbish and provide K-6 STC curriculum kits to the 39 NHPS schools and to 11 schools in the neighboring North Branford and Hamden school districts.
  
  
• Co-sponsored the Bayer-Olin Corporation-Yale University-New Haven Public Schools Citywide Science Fair, which showcased 2,400 students representing 228 science projects. In 2001, the program received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.