Touring CHaOS

On Thursday 31 March and Friday 1 April, CHaOS will be taking 15-20 of its experiments and volunteers to two schools in Southend (Blenheim Primary School and Earls Hall Junior School). Then, on Saturday 2 April, the young scientists will be holding an open event to the public, allowing parents and children from around the area to experience some fun hands-on science.

The tour was a result of a request from the Local Education Authority in Southend-on-Sea, who were keen to encourage adults to get involved in their children's learning, and in turn consider going back into education themselves.

CHaOS, is a non-profit student-run society at the University of Cambridge, whose principal aim is to inspire children, and their parents, to become interested in science.

CHaOS events consist of a range of short hands-on experiments for children. Each experiment is staffed by a student volunteer who takes children through it in small groups, tailoring the experiment to their level of understanding and challenging them to think further.

“By sharing our own enthusiasm for science, we help children see the area as exciting and dynamic, rather than as ‘just another school subject’,” said Mudit Matanhelia, ChaOS president.

Each year, as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, ChaOS runs the annual ‘Crash, Bang, Squelch!’ event, consisting of over 50 fun experiments with more than 100 student volunteers to demonstrate them. This year’s event attracted nearly 2000 people in just 6 hours. ChaOS also organises a Summer Tour, taking volunteers and experiments to places around the country where the opportunities to visit science museums and festivals are rare. This year’s tour will run from 15-31 July, and visit venues in Kent and East Anglia.

For more information visit www.chaosscience.org.uk or email contact@chaosscience.org.uk