Chemistry without a lab
From Umjikelezo We-Science in South Africa I travelled to Jakarta via Singapore. This trip was sponsored by a partnership between INTO and UEA. I had a lovely time visiting cities all over Indonesia. I experienced the very slowest travel – stuck in traffic in Bandung to the very fastest, the high speed train there and back. We arrived at this […]
» Read moreEarly 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 moreBritish Science Week took place between 7 and 16 March 2025. The Kitchen Chemist had a couple of engagements during that time. First we visited Ipswich Preparatory School, to give shows to the Upper and Lower prep classes as a contribution to their science week. After Ipswich Kitchen Chemistry moved closer to home with a show to the whole of […]
» Read moreNorwich Science Festival took place in and around the Forum, and other venues in Norwich starting the weekend before half-term week on Saturday 15 February. On the Thursday, physics at UEA was represented in the Forum with a table of demonstrations and hands-on exhibits. The vacuum cleaner powered marshmallow bazooka was the favourite, despite the occasional errant missile that ended […]
» Read moreMy very first trip to India was a whistle stop tour. In four days I visited ten schools in two cities and performed ten shows. Air travel being what it is, I flew in and out of Delhi. Delays on the way, however, ensured that I had to run from International Arrivals to Domestic Departures in order to catch my […]
» 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 Science Festival in Ljubljana took place from 31 May to 2 June in 2024: it’s called Znanstival and is organised by the local science centre Hiša Experimentov (The House of Experiments). Once the presenters had all ensured that their equipment was present and correct we had the opportunity to watch the “graduation” of the students of the Inspire course. […]
» Read moreApril saw the Kitchen Chemist back in Viet Nam. We has a similar itinerary as the first time, first stop Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, where we worked with Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP). Once again we introduced the students and staff to aspects of Kitchen Chemistry, but this time using puddle chemistry for some qualitative […]
» Read moreThe end of January 2024 saw The Kitchen Chemist setting off for Malaysia. I was once again working with the International Office of the university. I had the opportunity to visit a number of schools in Johor Barhu (also known as JB), which is at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula. There I gave Kitchen Chemistry: Seconds, the second […]
» 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 […]
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