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What are STEM + Families Science Festivals?

  • Community Events: Evening gatherings of students and families hosted by PTAs in schools across the country
  • Fun: Involve families in enjoyable shared science experiences they can replicate at home
  • Accessible: National PTA has curated a shopping list and will provide most materials for 50 families to participate together in science experiments and activities
  • Easy: Facilitator guides for included experiments from Bayer’s Making Science Make Sense® Science Library are provided
  • Collaborative: Science Festivals encourage community connections and support National PTA's overall STEM + Families Initiative
  • Hands-On: Help kids experience and explore science at their own levels through experiments and activities, and with the engagement of their families
  • Empowering: Kids of all backgrounds can become active in STEM education and learn about careers in STEM

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Want to Host a Science Festival?

Use National PTA's STEM + Families Science Toolkit
Visit PTA.org/STEM/Science/Toolkit (Coming Soon!) for tools, resources and templates to host a successful Science Festival.

Apply to Win a National PTA STEM + Families Science Grant

Do you represent a State/Regional/District PTA?

Do you want to help build capacity in your local PTA’s? Then this grant is for you! The 2017 National PTA STEM + Families Science Grants sponsored by Bayer, will award $3,000 to five state or regional/district PTAs to host:

  • Two STEM + Families Science Festivals at the elementary or middle schools or your choice
  • One State PTA Convention presentation on STEM + Families

In addition to the $3,000 grant, National PTA and Bayer will provide awardees with a Science Festival starter pack of materials for 50 families to complete 10 experiments from Bayer’s Making Science Make Sense® Science Library at two different events—worth $1,000!

Are you a local PTA? 

The 2017 National PTA STEM + Families Science Grants will award $1,000 to 30 local PTAs to host a STEM + Families Science Festival. All elementary and middle school PTAs are eligible provided they can host their event during the winter/spring of the 2017-2018 school year.

National PTA and Bayer will also give awardees a Science Festival starter pack of materials for 50 families to complete 10 experiments from Bayer’s Making Science Make Sense® Science Library—worth $400!

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Learn More about Making Science Make Sense®

Making Science Make Sense® is Bayer’s STEM-education initiative focused on science literacy.

  • Bayer is dedicated to changing the way science is taught and learned both in and out of the classroom.
  • At Bayer, it's about making science more accessible and less intimidating—to kids and adults.
  • Through its Making Science Make Sense® initiative, Bayer has been working directly with schools, teachers and students to expand access to science education for over 20 years.
  • Bayer is a proud Founding Sponsor of National PTA’s STEM + Families

Explore the Making Science Make Sense® Website

Make sure to check out the experiment cards and videos in the Science Library!

Making Science Make Sense

National PTA does not endorse any commercial entity, product, or service. No endorsement of Bayer is implied.

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Microsoft
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