Kids Love Science!

Getting a million children interested in science by 2020 – that’s the clear goal of the Bayer program “Making Science Make Sense”. Everyone can all get involved in this campaign and inspire children to be passionate about science.

The recipe for the success of “Making Science Make Sense” is as simple as it is effective: Bayer employees take time out to visit schools, armed with hands-on science such as experiments that schoolchildren can try out themselves and that make them want to understand the science behind them.

The program was initiated in 1995 by volunteer Bayer employees. Today, 20 years later, more than 100 employees in the United States are involved in the project, inspiring the next inquisitive generation.

Everybody says ‘kids don’t like science’. That’s nonsense. Kids love science, because it’s discovering the world around you.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, first African-American woman in space

MSMS Ambassador Dr. Mae C. Jemison

Making Science Make Sense: An Overview

With the help of the science education advocate and the lead ambassador of “Making Science Make Sense”, Dr Mae C. Jemison (first Afro-American woman in space), volunteer Bayer employees were able to get thousands of children interested in science and technology over the past twenty years. As a result the program received prestigious U.S. Awards, such as the “President’s Service Award” in 2000 and the “Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership” in 2006.

Making Science Make Sense

Bayer’s company-wide initiative that advances science literacy through hands-on, inquiry-based science learning, employee volunteerism and public education.

The Whole World Is Taking Part

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut, supports Making Science Make Sense since the very beginning.

And because of the excellent and ongoing success in the United States, similar programs were also introduced in other countries. In Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Japan, India, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom, Bayer employees are getting schoolchildren excited about scientific phenomena in day-to-day life in a whole range of ways.