Chemistry without a lab
As a result of a chance conversation at a previous Scifest Africa I spent the week after the Umjikelezo We-Science festival in Mozambique, with Kitchen Chemistry. The whole trip has been an adventure, including the visa application, and with this experience under my belt a subsequent trip will be that much easier!
» Read moreKitchen Chemistry spent a week in Durban (4-8 September) helping a group of local science communicators deliver inspirational science to rural schools around Durban. The Festival itself was a pilot and took place Tuesday to Thursday, but there is always something for the Kitchen Chemist to do!
» Read moreThe Kitchen Chemist has been busy for the last few months. My shows have mainly, but not exclusively, been about Kitchen Chemistry. Read on for an update and some photos and find out where and when this has all been happening by following the link to my events diary. Click on the lecture title for a summary of the lecture […]
» Read moreWell I’m safely back from another hectic couple of weeks at Scifest Africa, the South African National Science Festival. In addition to Scifest itself I was involved in outreach at schools in Uitenhage and Grahamstwon, the iRhini township festival, the Department of Education in Port Elizabeth and also did some work with Johnson Matthey in Germiston. The highlight had to be my spot […]
» Read moreThe Kitchen Chemist spent the second week of January putting on shows and workshops in schools in the South of France. The British Council in France arranged a series of events in schools in Avignon and Marseilles as part of their Science in Schools programme.
» Read moreThe Kitchen Chemistry show was part of Chemistry Day (26/10), a day organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry, at the Norwich Science Festival run by the Forum Trust from 18 -30 October. The Kitchen Chemist was also involved in Physics Fest which was a physics day organised by the local Institute of Physics.
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