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Christmas: a chemistry carol
19/12/2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
We’re celebrating Christmas the only way we know how – with Chemistry!
Join senior chemistry lecturer Dr Katherine Haxton to explore some of the amazing chemistry to be found in our festive celebrations. Drawing on Christmasses past, present and future, Katherine will show some exciting chemistry demonstrations and experiments. These will explain what is really going on when it snows, whats inside your Christmas meal, and the chemistry hidden inside the humble Christmas cracker.
We will even see what Christmas could be like in the future, and how chemistry could revolutionise festive celebrations around the world.
The perfect Ri way to celebrate Christmas!
This event is particularly suitable for ages 7+. As with all our family theatre talks, this event is designed to be enjoyed by adults and children together. All young people under the age of 13 need to be accompanied by a paying adult and those aged 4 and above need a ticket to attend.
Event type
This is a Theatre and livestreamed event, where the speaker and audience in our Theatre are joined by an online audience. You will have priority access to the recorded video for two weeks after the event has taken place.
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Timing
The doors will open at approximately 5.30pm, with a prompt start at 6.00pm.
Latecomers will be admitted into the gallery.
About Katherine Haxton
Dr Katherine Haxton is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Keele University, with specific research interests in Chemistry Education and Materials Chemistry. She teaches widely across Inorganic, Industrial, and Sustainable Chemistry.Katherine is particularly interested in opportunities to develop and design assessments that develop broader skills, and in the design and deployment of innovative chemistry courses at module and degree programme level.
She is part of a national group of science academics who run workshops on decolonising science, who have recently completed an Advance HE sharing good practice grant to create resources highlighting the need to decolonise science. Katherine was shortlisted for the 2020 Green Gowns award, Staff Sustainability Champion category for her work on our Sustainable Chemistry module and work within the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences to promote sustainability across all activities.
