{"id":1451,"date":"2016-02-24T17:24:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chemistryinaction.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2016-02-24T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:24:52","slug":"june-chemistry-at-work-event-in-milton-keynes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/24\/june-chemistry-at-work-event-in-milton-keynes\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2016 &#8220;Chemistry at Work&#8221; Science Days in Milton Keynes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 300 students are expected so far and\u00a0there is\u00a0still\u00a0space on the Tuesday for one more\u00a0student group at our\u00a0annual three-day event for\u00a0Years 7 to 10, open from Tuesday 28th to Thursday 30th June 2016 at the Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre.<\/p>\n<p>We have already booked the following demonstrations to date:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Alchemy, the Philosopher\u2019s Stone and Gold\u2026.<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0See how to turn copper into silver and then into gold<br \/>\n<strong>Bees<\/strong> &#8211; pheromones and the fascination of keeping honey bees<br \/>\n<strong>Dangerous Dust<\/strong> &#8211; the dangers of asbestos and why we still use it (quizz approach)<br \/>\n<strong>Earthworms<\/strong> &#8211; a chance to handle and understand different types of\u00a0worms<br \/>\n<strong>Going up in Smoke<\/strong> &#8211; a serious look at the effects of smoking (with examples)<br \/>\n<strong>Hair Styling Gel Formation<\/strong> &#8211; see how\u00a0the industry works and make\u00a0gel<br \/>\n<strong>Lovely Hair, Shame about the Skin<\/strong> &#8211; a scientific look at human hair<br \/>\n<strong>Poisons and How They Work<\/strong> &#8211; with a chemical model and historical cases<br \/>\n<strong>Healthy Horses<\/strong> &#8211; the diet of a horse (with a live\u00a0horse)<br \/>\n<strong>Soil and Water<\/strong> &#8211; the science of soil drainage<br \/>\n<strong>The Magic of Oxygen<\/strong> &#8211; with historical discoveries and whiz-bangs<br \/>\n<strong>Water Purification<\/strong> &#8211; with tasting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Schools bring groups of 15 to 20 students and they experience 8 of the demonstration in a day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Teachers seeking more information or considering bringing students please <a href=\"http:\/\/chemistryinaction.com\/contact\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Jones<br \/>\nEvent Organiser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 300 students are expected so far and\u00a0there is\u00a0still\u00a0space on the Tuesday for one more\u00a0student group at our\u00a0annual three-day event for\u00a0Years 7 to 10, open from Tuesday 28th to Thursday 30th June 2016 at the Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre. We have already booked the following demonstrations to date: Alchemy, the Philosopher\u2019s Stone and Gold\u2026.\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/24\/june-chemistry-at-work-event-in-milton-keynes\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemistryatwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}