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26 May 2009 12:53:36
Some 40 students from schools across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire donned white lab coats to join in a fun-filled day of chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry held at The University of Bedfordshire.
Teams of 11-13 year old students took part in competitive, hands-on, practical activities including, “Murder (?) at Saltmarsh Farm”, The Salters' Challenge, which was won by Hitchin Girls School. Hitchin successfully used their analytical chemistry skills by ‘identifying traces of the same salts left on their suspects clothes as those of the victim’. While Robert Bloomfield School from Shefford were the winners of ‘University Challenge’, proving to be cool under pressure by helping the ‘Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise keep his dilithium crystals cold’ using a chemical reaction.
Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Dr Andrew Thompsett from the University said: “All of the schools performed their experiments really well and had a great time in the laboratory. Science is not just about learning but about having fun - all of the teams really threw themselves into it.”
The day ended with Dr Peter Sutton from Lealands School, Luton, giving a talk on "The Amazing Chemistry of Venom" which provided students with an opportunity to get close to a snake, a tarantula and some diving beetles.
The event was run in partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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