Ages 11-14 - Chemistry
Salters' Festivals of Chemistry
The Salters' Festivals of Chemistry are one-day events for schools held at Universities throughout the UK and
Ireland. Competing schools are represented by a team of four students from years 7 or 8 (or equivalent in Scotland, Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) where they take part in two, hands-on, practical activities followed by a fun
lecture and prizegiving. No prior preparation is required. Cash prizes for the winning schools totalling £350 are
awarded at each Festival and all participants receive fun prizes and certificates.
2007 will be the thirteenth year that The Salters' Institute has held the Salters' Festivals of Chemistry. There will be 53 Festivals held in 2007 in partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry. The aim of the Festivals is to make chemistry more exciting, more relevant and fun to students aged 11 to 13 years and to encourage schools to set up their own chemistry clubs.
Entries for the 2007 Festivals can be made online by visiting our website www.festivalsofchemistry.co.uk or alternatively an Entry Form can be requested from the Festivals Administrator by emailing festivals@salters.co.uk.
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Salters' Chemistry Club Handbook
The Salters' Chemistry Club Handbook provides general information on the Salters' Chemistry Club and the annual
Salters' Festivals of Chemistry it will give you lots of new ideas for experiments and activities that can be
done in your Club as well as practical information for starting a Chemistry/Science Club within your school.
It will also give you useful up to date sources of information and help.
Volumes 1 and 2 of the Handbook are available to view online. To view or download please click here. (please insert a link to the electronic handbook which is on the enclosed CD)
KS4 - Chemistry
Salters' Chemistry Camps
Fifty students from schools across the UK and Ireland participate in each Camp. Two students from each school
may apply from Year 10 (or equivalent in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland). 2007 will
be the tenth year of the Salters' Chemistry Camps with an exciting sixteen Camps being held between June and August!
Each programme includes hands-on practical work in the university Chemistry labs, together with lectures and a variety of social activities in the evenings. Campers are accommodated in a University Hall of Residence. The cost to students attending the Camp is £75 (€115) plus travel expenses. The aim of the Camps is to encourage young people to participate in the fun of chemistry and motivate them to develop awareness of and a long-term interest in the subject.
For more detailed information on the Salters' Chemistry Camps being held in 2007, or to request an application form, please visit the website www.chemistrycamps.co.uk. Alternatively please contact the Camps Administrator on camps@salters.co.uk.
The Salters' Institute is the flagship charity of The Salters' Company (a City of London Livery Company)
The Salters' Institute is a Registered Charity No. 328463