| BASF grant supports Center Area Middle
School science education
Donation will support purchase of ‘deluxe science resource
program’
MONACA, Pa., October 29, 2004 -- BASF today presented Center Area
Middle School with a $1,000 “Helping Make Communities Better”
grant that will be used to purchase a popular science resource program
for science classrooms.
The program, “Vernier’s LabPro Middle School Deluxe
Science Package,” will allow students to collect their own
data, upload it to a computer, and analyze their results. Sixth
graders will do environmental and water quality testing with a pH
sensor and conductivity probe. Seventh grade students will obtain
actual heart rates with an exercise heart rate monitor, while eighth
graders will use a motion detector to calculate distances, velocity
and acceleration.
“We are appreciative of the support BASF has provided our
students over the years,” said Michael McCullough, principal
of Center Area Middle School. “Their generous contributions
have helped extend our science curriculum to include ‘hands-on’
diagnostic tools to explore life and physical sciences.”
The grant continues BASF's company-wide commitment to science education.
“BASF is known as the company that helps make products better
and we also have a commitment to helping make the communities in
which we do business better,” said Jim Mason, Manager of BASF's
Monaca site. "Learning about the wonders of science can serve
as a great inspiration for these students, who may go on to be chemists,
researchers, or engineers. We're proud to support CenterArea Middle
School’s science program.”
About 100 people work at BASF's Monaca site, which produces latex
used in paper coatings, adhesives, paints and carpet backing.
BASF - The Chemical Company. We don't make a lot of the products
you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.®
BASF Corporation, headquartered in New Jersey, is the North American
affiliate of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. We employ about 11,000
people in North America and had sales of approximately $9 billion
in 2003. For more information about BASF's North American operations,
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BASF is the world’s leading chemical company. Our goal is
to grow profitably and further increase the value of our company.
We help our customers to be more successful through intelligent
system solutions and high-quality products. BASF’s portfolio
ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural
products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. Through
new technologies we can tap into additional market opportunities.
We conduct our business in accordance with the principles of sustainable
development. In 2003, BASF had sales of approximately $42 billion.
BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS),
London (BFA), New York (BF), Paris (BA) and Zurich (AN). Further
information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
For more information, contact:
Jim Mason
BASF
Monaca, Pa.
Tel: (724) 773-7216
E-mail: masonj@basf-corp.com
Glenn Majeski
BASF
Florham Park, N.J.
Tel: (973) 245-6070
E-mail: majeskg@basf.com
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