Chemistry Department Events at Science Rendezvous

Science Rendezvous, at the K-Rock Centre from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday May 9th, will feature three Magic Shows, tables of experiments, and a laser demonstration, courtesy of many members of the Department of Chemistry.  The Magic Shows at 10:30, 12:30 and 2:15 will be 30 minutes of exciting chemistry demonstrations presented by Tamara deWinter, Christene Smith, Michael MacLean, Josh Clarke, Edi Cieplechowicz, Mina Narouz, Michael Jessop, David Jessop, and Dr. Jessop.  At the tables, there will be hands-on experiments that visitors can try including copper plating with pennies to demonstrate redox chemistry, making silly putty with glue and borax to show how polymers cross-link, and blowing giant bubbles outside to demonstrate surfactants. Lily Huang and Gillian Mackey are co-organizing these activities. Our volunteers at the tables are Lili Mats, Kyle Bachus, Ryan Yuan, Jason Rygus, Katie Flynn, Tia Anderlini, Lucas Choma, Nausheen Sadiq, and Meghan McIlwain. Dr. Loock's group will set up a hands-on laser and optics demonstration. John Saunders, Nic Andrews, Amy Maclean, Sean Chen, Sogol Borjian, Annica Freytag, Rachel Ross, and Connor Sanders are looking forward to show a “stealth monitor”, a 3D webcam, and a laser pointer that ignites matches!

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