Salters’ Festival of Chemistry
19 April 2010
On Wednesday 24th March the School of Chemistry hosted a Salters’ Festival of Chemistry, welcoming sixty Year 7 and 8 pupils from fifteen different schools from Wales and England. The Festival involved two laboratory-based sessions followed by an interactive DVD science quiz and prize-giving. The morning Salters’ Challenge involved a forensics investigation using chromatography and test-tube tests to solve a crime; the afternoon University Challenge required formation of solutions to give accurate ‘chemical clocks’.
The Festivals are an initiative organised by the Salters Institute (www.saltersinstitute.co.uk) in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The attending schools were:
Amman Valley School
Bishop Hedley High School
Brynteg Upper School
Cathays High School
Haberdashers' Monmouth School
Lewis School Pengam
Llanedeyrn High School
Llanrumney High School
Rougemont School
St. Cyres Comprehensive School
St. Mary's RC High School
The Cathedral School, Llandaff
The Hereford Academy
West Monmouth School
Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni
For further information contact: Dr Simon Pope
