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Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 12–14)

Mon 17 Feb 2025

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

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Intro to the BBC Micro:bit (ages 9–11)

Tue 29 Oct 2024

Learn to use to the BBC Micro:bit in this computer science workshop.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Intro to the BBC Micro:bit (ages 7–8)

Tue 29 Oct 2024

Learn to use to the BBC Micro:bit in this computer science workshop for 7–8 year olds.

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Workshops

SOLD OUT YSC Holiday workshops: Crash testing (ages 12-14)

Tue 29 Oct 2024

Join us to create your own high velocity eggsporter!

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Workshops

YSC Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (ages 7–8)

Wed 30 Oct 2024

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

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Workshops

YSC Holiday workshops: Bacterial evolution (ages 15–18)

Thu 31 Oct 2024

Using restriction enzyme digests and gel electrophoresis, explore and analyse real bacterial DNA

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Workshops

SOLD OUT YSC Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 9–11)

Fri 01 Nov 2024

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

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Workshops

EXTRA DATE Holiday workshops: To the Fourth Dimension and Beyond (age 12-14)

Wed 14 Aug 2024
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Two students experimenting with pH paper

Workshops

Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 12–14)

Fri 23 Aug 2024

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)

Wed 28 Aug 2024

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

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