Chemistry without a lab
Early May saw the Kitchen Chemist head to Durban to join up with a team of like-minded science communicators for another edition of Umjikelezo We Science. This time we headed to the north-east of KwaZulu Natal province, close to the border with Mozambique and were hosted for two days (and accommodated) by the Mandla Mthethwa School of Excellence. On the […]
» Read moreThe final international trip for the Kitchen Chemist in 2024 was to South Africa and Brunei at the end of July/beginning of August. Both legs of the trip were very busy and fulfilling in different ways. On my first day in Johannesburg, a Sunday, I was whisked off to the Alexandra township to work with tutors at the Sakhimfundo Foundation, […]
» Read moreThe Kitchen Chemist was a conference delegate at the 2023 edition of the annual conference of the Association of the Science and Discovery Centres. The conference took place at the W5 discovery centre in Belfast. The name comes from the five question words, Who, What, Where, When, and Why. Although I didn’t have the opportunity to play the visitor I […]
» Read moreUsually Scifest Africa would be a destination for the Kitchen Chemist, but that was not to be in 2023. Instead I headed to Durban to work with with Umjikelezo We-Science cooperative, putting on Kitchen Chemistry shows at schools and working with Science Centre staff and the staff of the Durban Natural History Museum. After a week working in Durban, with […]
» Read moreThis year Kitchen Chemistry has started emerging again after all the restrictions on travel an gatherings. The majority of bookings are made almost a year in advance so it takes a little while to gain momentum again. I have, however, had some things to do in the meantime. The first was an online presentation to the a University of the […]
» Read moreThis year Scifrest Africa made sure that it celebrated the International Year of the Periodic Table. Not only did they construct a giant illuminated periodic table, but also there were a number of lectures on the programme about the periodic table. As Curator I was able to have some influence on the programme, but I was involved with workshops, as […]
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