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Chemistry

RSC 2017 Family Lecture - 'Chemistry in Your Shopping Basket'  Event

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Time:
14:30 - 16:30
Date:
7 January 2017
Venue:
Building 46, Room 3001 Physics and Astronomy Building University of Southampton SO17 1BJ

For more information regarding this event, please email David Read at D.Read@soton.ac.uk .

Event details

Peter Hoare and Anne Willis from the University of Newcastle aim to answer all these questions using an interactive powerpoint presentation with student voting handsets mixed with practical chemical demonstrations (with some audience participation!). Those 6 and over are probably best placed to get the most out of the lecture, but there’s plenty in the talk for eager younger minds and all are welcome!’

An interactive Public Lecture, aimed at families, to show that Chemistry impacts on every aspect of our daily lives – even when we go shopping! This inspirational lecture will answer numerous key questions, including:

  • How is Chemistry involved in the contents of your shopping basket?
  • Which chemicals are they?
  • Why are they used?
  • What can we do with them?
  • What IS a “Chemist”?
  • What careers can chemists go into?

This lecture presentation aims to answer all these questions using an interactive PowerPoint presentation with student voting handsets mixed with practical chemical demonstrations (with some audience participation!).

Please book your tickets in advance

Speaker information

Anne Willis,Northumbria University,Chemistry outreach

Dr Peter Hoare,Newcastle University,Chemistry outreach

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