RSC Annual Lecture for Schools “Chemistry of Light”

Mary Mullaghy June 15, 2011

This year’s lecture will explore the Chemistry of Light: how light is ‘made’ – from lamps, lasers or ‘liquid light’ – and its applications in medicine and technology, including CD players, electroluminescent paper, photography, neo-natal phototherapy and clean energy. Suitable for Senior students. Limited places – Advance Booking Essential.

The lecture has been widely sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry for schools in the UK and is suitable for students from transition year to sixth year. It will include extensive demonstrations with equipment transported from Swansea to Cork and Dublin.   It is one of the events marking 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry and will be presented at the following times and venues.

1. University College Cork
12.00pm Wednesday May 18th
Lecture Theatre G19, Kane Building

2. Trinity College Dublin
11.00am and 2.00pm Friday May 20th
Burke Lecture Theatre (accessed through entrance to TCD at the bottom of Dawson Street)

 

 

Who can attend?
This talk is suitable for students from transition year to sixth year.

How to book seats?
Pre-booking is essential and enquiries may be made to the following:

University College Cork
Dr. Declan Kennedy
Department of Education, University College, Cork.

Trinity College Dublin
Dr Rachel Evans at raevans@tcd.ie
School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

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The Tyndall Lectures, held throughout Ireland every January/February, use demonstrations and interactivity to enthuse schoolchildren and show how their class work relates to modern areas of physics research. In 2013 the venues are: Dublin, Carlow, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Derry & Belfast.

Tyndall 2013 – Powering the Future – The Physics of Fusion
Find out how the reaction that powers the sun could provide a clean energy source for the future.  This exciting, interactive talk builds on everyday physics to explain:

  • The physics behind the fusion reaction that powers the sun;
  • How physicists are trying to replicate the fusion reaction in massive experiments at places such as JET, the world’s largest nuclear fusion experiment at Culham
  • The potential for harnessing the energy produced in the fusion reaction as a future alternative to fossil fuels.

With hands-on demonstrations we will explore the challenges of creating facilities that can withstand the high temperatures of the sun in order to create the fusion reaction on earth. 

Presenter
Melanie Windridge is a physicist and science communicator with experience in live presenting, television and writing.   

She has a PhD in Fusion Energy from Imperial College London, and spent much of her research time at the JET research facility at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.   

Melanie makes regular TV appearances, including BBC Bang Goes the Theory, Country Tracks, My Genius Idea and James May’s Things You Need to Know About… Einstein, and has presented online podcasts.  

In 2010 Melanie was the Institute of Physics Schools lecturer and spoke to over 10,000 students about fusion. 

Audience: 14 – 16 year olds (with some overlap into LC Physics)

Talk Duration: 1 hour

Curriculum links include
How science works – applications and implications of science, energy resources, radioactivity, stars and fusion.

Dates and booking information
The Tyndall lecture is free but there are limited places available at each venue, so booking ahead is essential.

http://iopireland.org/education/tyndall/file_59190.pdf

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