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Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 15–18)

Tue 02 Sep 2025

Discover what a colour actually is, understand how objects become coloured, and how Chemists can manipulate these aspects to

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Holiday workshops: Forensics (ages 12–14)

Mon 01 Sep 2025

Experience what it would be like to work in a forensics lab by investigating a fictional crime scene.

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Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (ages 9–11)

Fri 29 Aug 2025

Students will explore pH, neutralisation, solubility and changes of state, and make their own bathbombs and lipbalm to take home

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Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (ages 7–8)

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Students will explore pH, neutralisation, solubility and changes of state, and make their own bathbombs and lipbalm to take home

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Holiday workshops: Magnets and motors (ages 12–14)

Wed 27 Aug 2025

Dive into the theory of rockets and space travel, in this challenge based workshop.

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An adult and student experimenting with a fan

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Holiday workshops: Magnets and motors (ages 9–11)

Tue 26 Aug 2025

Build an electromagnet, and construct two types of motor to learn how electricity and magnetism are linked.

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YSC workshop

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Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 15–18)

Fri 22 Aug 2025

Discover what a colour actually is, understand how objects become coloured, and how Chemists can manipulate these aspects to

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Two students using a micropipette

Workshops

Holiday workshops: Forensics (ages 12–14)

Thu 21 Aug 2025

Experience what it would be like to work in a forensics lab by investigating a fictional crime scene.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 9-11)

Wed 20 Aug 2025

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 12-14)

Tue 19 Aug 2025

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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