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CHEMICAL SCIENCE SCHOOL INCURSIONS

Fizz, Bubbles and Change: All Hail Chemistry

  • Chemistry incursions aligned to the Victorian curriculum 2.0

  • Delivered by science teaching specialists with qualifications in STEM and/or education

  • Workshops available in a 60 or 90 minute format

  • FUN and interactive to engage and excite

  • Small group sizes of up to 30 students per workshop to maximise hands-on learning

The chemical and physical properties of substances are determined by their structure. Explore physical changes at the particle level through highly engaging hands-on activities. Watch new substances form through explosive chemical reactions. Model different arrangements of atoms in solids, liquids and gases. Learn that substance changes involve energy transfer and energy transformation.

Crazy Chemistry
Foundation - Level 2

Everything you LOVE about chemistry: piles of fizz, foam and bubble action! Through interactive activities discover how changes to substances can be reversible like dissolving, or irreversible with new substances formed. Explore acids and bases with colourful indicators. Investigate a special group of chemicals called polymers and even take one home!

Objects can be made of one or more different materials; these materials have observable properties VC2S2U04

Materials can be combined in a variety of ways for particular purposes; the properties of objects and mixtures can differ from the properties of the materials from which they are made VC2S2U05

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Reactive Chemistry
Level 3 - 6

This fun workshop will draw even the most reluctant young scientist into the vivid world of chemistry. Through a series of exciting investigations learn about the reactive nature of everyday substances when they are combined in different ways. Explore the phenomena of acid/base reactions and polymerization at the particle level. Includes a memorable demonstration. 

Changes to substances may be reversible, in which case the substance may be recovered, or irreversible, in which case new substances are formed; for most substances a change of state or dissolving in water is reversible, while irreversible changes include cooking and rusting VC2S6U04

The properties of natural and made materials, including fibres, metals, glass and plastics, influence their use and re-use VC2S4U05

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

Solids Liquids & Gases
Level 3 - 6

All about solids, liquids and gases and so much more! Matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space. Earth, and everything on it, is made of matter, and so are all the stars and planets in the universe. But what makes up matter? Investigate the three main states of matter and how they change between state. Explore a peculiar substance that is sometimes like a solid and other times like a liquid. 

Solids, liquids and gases have observable properties; adding or removing heat energy leads to a change of state between solids, liquids and gases VC2S4U04

The observable properties of matter (solids, liquids and gases) can be explained by modelling the motion and arrangement of their particles; mixtures (including solutions) can be formed by combining 2 or more different substances VC2S6U03

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

Mighty Materials
Foundation - Level 4

Investigate the composition and properties of materials in this unique workshop. Sort materials, including fibres, metals, glass and plastics into natural and made; and explore their properties and purposes in fun ways. Combine materials to make interesting mixtures and discover how they can change. See materials and fibres through completely different eyes under high-magnification microscopes.

Objects can be made of one or more different materials; these materials have observable properties VC2S2U04

Materials can be combined in a variety of ways for particular purposes; the properties of objects and mixtures can differ from the properties of the materials from which they are made VC2S2U05

Materials can be changed physically by different actions without changing their material composition, including by bending, twisting, stretching, crushing, squashing and breaking into smaller pieces VC2S2U06

The properties of natural and made materials, including fibres, metals, glass and plastics, influence their use and re-use VC2S4U05

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 4