Nominate a School to Receive a Field Trip!

Hosted by BASF, visit the Royal Ontario Museum and celebrate National Chemistry Week!

BASF is offering 5 schools in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTA) the opportunity to receive an exclusive BASF Kids’ Lab at the ROM!

In honour of National Chemistry Week, BASF is excited to invite select classrooms to visit ROM between October 21 and 23 for an engaging and educational school visit. 

We want to hear from you! Nominate a school to help us decide which classrooms from the GTA or Hamilton will visit ROM and receive:

A full-day field trip for two classrooms from grades 3, 4 or grade 3/4 split from selected schools.
Access to a BASF Kids' Lab experiment, "Chromatography Butterfly," which teaches kids about a simple chromatographic process that separates the components of colourful felt-tip pens using water. BASF’s Kids’ Lab is the signature STEAM program for youth ages 4 to 12, designed to provide a fun, hands-on learning environment that connects chemistry and the world around us.
Self-guided time to discover the museum and its galleries.

*Please note schools will be responsible for their own travel.

Submit your nomination here!

Nominations will be accepted between May 21 at 12:00 A.M. and June 30 at 11:59 P.M. Only 1 nomination will be accepted per person. 

The BASF Kids' Lab Nomination Program will run according to the process rules and regulations available here.

Who can participate in the BASF Kids' Lab Nomination?

Any BASF employees, customers and/or partners.

Teachers and educators in GTHA.

What classrooms qualify for nomination?

To best fit school curriculums, 3^rd and 4^th grade classrooms should be nominated.
Nominated classrooms must be in a school located in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Special consideration will be taken for underrepresented schools and those with a diverse population.

How will the winning schools be selected?

A panel of judges from BASF and ROM will judge each eligible Classroom that received at least one (1) eligible nomination in accordance with these Rules and Regulations. 

Each nominated classroom will be scored by a panel of judges, and the five schools with the highest total scores will be chosen as the eligible winners of the nomination award.

Classrooms will be judged and ranked based on:

Number of nominations.
Special consideration will be taken for underrepresented schools and those with a diverse population.

When will the schools be selected?

Judges will review the nominations from August 1 to 31. 

BASF and ROM will contact selected schools via email between September 2 and 31. 

For any inquiries or questions regarding the BASF Kids' Lab School Nomination program, please fill out the contact form below.