What is Outreach?
Warwick Chemistry has an active outreach programme for both primary and secondary schools. Coordinated by our enthusiastic outreach officer Nick Barker, our academic staff, researchers and PhD students get involved in chemistry-based scientific activities with around 5000 young people each year.
We invite groups of school students to our Department for days in the teaching laboratories, tours, tutorials and workshops and we are happy to visit schools to give lectures about some of the research going on here or to teach the fundamentals of the subject to younger students as part of a practical demonstration lecture.
What age groups do we work with?
We work with school students aged from six to eighteen years old. The typical group sizes that visit the department are 30 for a day in the laboratories and 15 or fewer for workshops and tutorials. Lectures can be given to audiences of any size.
For Key Stage 2 pupils, we can provide a demonstration lecture (containing some quite loud bangs and flames!), put a professor in your lesson, or arrange a visit to the Chemistry Department (for up to 30 ten to eleven year olds). (See here for more info)
For Key Stage 3 and 4 students, we can offer the demonstration lecture, adapted for Year 7s or those who may find understanding the important concepts of chemistry more challenging.
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There is also the research lecture, for more able Year 11s or Sixth Formers, as well as some practical laboratory work. (See here for more info)
For Sixth Formers and Teachers, we give technology tours, where pupils can see NMR, mass spectrometry, IR spectroscopy and more besides. We also offer Academic Tutorials and Practical Lab work. (See here for more info)
Work Experience (fully booked for academic year 2011 - 12)
Each academic year, we offer 6 work experience placements of one week's duration for students aged 16 and over who wish to learn more about what life as a research scientist is like. For more information, please contact Nick Barker.
How much does it cost?
We do not currently charge for our outreach activities. However, it would be much appreciated if you could make a small voluntary contribution of £3 per school pupil for practical laboratory based exercises.
If you would like to have more information about our range of practical activities and / or our school lectures please contact:
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