The Department of Chemistry returned to Science Rendezvous Kingston at the Slush Puppie Place on May 11th, 2024. The event was a huge success, with 5201 visitors interacting with 60 booths and 480 volunteers. The event was popular with over 500 people through the doors in the first 11 minutes and the crowds continue to the end, find out more in the Whig Standard.
Activities presented by our Department
Booth activities:
- Ferrofluids
- Film canister bottle rockets
- Miniature elephant toothpaste with household ingredients
- Chemistry personality quiz
Stage Show:
- Large-scale bottle rocket
- Gummy bear rocket fuel
- Butane bubbles
- Large-scale elephant toothpaste with lab-grade reagents
- H2/ H2 + O2 balloons
How sweet it is! Sahar, Alannah, Aaron, and Stephan blew the crowd away with the “exploding gummy bear” experiment.
This year’s event drew in more than 5,000 spectators, breaking previous attendance records.
Thank you to all the volunteers
In alphabetical order:
- Aaron Erlich
- Alannah Constable
- Alessia Rizzello
- Amir Bunyat-zada
- Carolyn Kimball
- Jess Deng
- Julia Tropak
- Liwah Keller
- Marie Boddington
- Neil Grenade
- Rosa Perentesis
- Sahar Shokrgozar
- Sashun Erickson
- Shauna Schechtel
- Stephan Ducharme
We’d also like to give a special thank you to the Staff and Faculty members for their support during preparations!
Video highlights of the Chemistry Magic Show provided by Braedon Mathers