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BASF and Earth Rangers bring chemistry to the classroom in 2016
VAUGHAN, ON and MISSISSAUGA, ON, September 6, 2016 -- Elementary school students across Canada celebrate a new school year by creating chemistry with BASF Kids’ Lab, a series of hands-on workshops. Together with Earth Rangers, the Kids’ Conservation Organization, BASF delivers the program to over 1000 students in Alberta, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
The BASF Kids’ Lab program enhances science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related education for students (ages 6 – 12), encouraging kids to explore the connections between chemistry and the world around them. Since 2013, the program has reached more than 4,000 children in Canada, at no costs to participants.
“Our goal is to engage students in STEM-related fields at an early age, when they are most curious about the world around them,” said Marcelo Lu, President of BASF Canada. “By fostering an interest in the sciences, BASF hopes to inspire the next generation of scientists.”
“Kids love animals and want to take action to protect them and their habitats,” said Peter Kendall, Executive Director, Earth Rangers, “Our partnership with BASF, now in its fourth year, delivers fun and captivating scientific experiments that provide hands-on experience. We teach students about the importance of water conservation and the important role that chemistry plays in restoring and preserving our countries diverse natural environment.”
The 2016 program will include the “Operation Filtration” and “Hold Everything” experiments, which are performed with safety goggles, a lab apron, and gloves.
This fall, BASF Kids’ Lab will come to schools in the following communities in Canada:
· Alberta: Blackie
· Ontario: Brampton, Cornwall, Milton, Mississauga, Oakville, Oshweken, Windsor
· Quebec: Montreal area
· Saskatchewan: Saskatoon
· Nunavut: Iqaluit
For a press photo, please click on the following link: https://www.basf.com/press-photos/us/en/photos/2016/09/09-06-16_BASFKidsLab.jpg
Suggested Caption: A child explores how polymers behave by creating slime during a BASF Kids’ Lab.
About Earth Rangers
Earth Rangers is The Kids’ Conservation organization, dedicated to educating children and families about biodiversity, inspiring them to adopt sustainably behaviors and empowering them to become directly involved in protecting animals and their habitats.
Children have an inherent love for animals and are passionate about making a real difference on issues concerning wildlife. Earth Rangers builds on this desire through their national School Outreach Program, an award winning children’s website, www.earthrangers.com, and a variety of family engagement programs that empower children to make a real difference for Canadian biodiversity and the habitats they need to survive. More than 150,000 children from across Canada have signed up to be Earth Rangers to take action to help ensure the lasting survival of species in Canada. Become an Earth Ranger at www.earthrangers.com. For more information visit www.earthrangers.org
About BASF
BASF Canada, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, has 670 employees at 11 production facilities and offices located across Canada. BASF Canada is a subsidiary of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany and an affiliate of BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey. BASF has nearly 17,500 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.4 billion in 2015. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us. To find out more about BASF’s activities in Canada, visit www.basf.ca or follow us on twitter www.twitter.com/basfcanada.
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 112,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of more than €70 billion in 2015. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information at www.basf.com.
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