Little House of Science’s Christmas Chemistry Lab for 4 to 12 years – London

Activity Description

Mon-Fri,18-12 Dec 2023 Christmas Chemistry Lab 

Holiday Inn London High Street Kensington W8 5SP

Day 1: 

• What is Chemistry?
• From the first Alchemists to Modern Chemists
• What is the Matter? Incredible Atoms and the Periodic Table
• Hydrogen and Helium: The Universe’s first Elements
• Chemical bonding: How the Elements interact

Day 2: 

• Explosive Chemical Reactions and Amazing Physical Changes
• What are the States of Matter? From the coldest Condensates to the Hottest Plasmas
• The Properties of Matter – Amazing Materials of the Future!
• Non-Newtonian Liquids that Break all the Rules!

Day 3: 

• The Power of Hydrogen: Corrosive Acids and Caustic Alkalis
• The Magic of Water, and its Evil Twin, Hydrogen Peroxide
• The Element of Life: Adventures with Carbon.
• Can you freeze a Gas? Experiments with Carbon Dioxide
• Radioactive! Marie Curie and the most Dangerous Elements

Day 4: 

• Heavy Metal: The Metallic Elements and their Properties
• The Superpowers of Iron and Copper
• Dazzling Polymers and How to Make Them!
• Plastic and Paper: Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce!

Day 5: 

• What is Density? Can you Stack Liquids?
• The Elements in Your Body!
• Dorothy Hodgkin and the Beautiful World of Crystals
• Experiments with Chromatography- the Chemistry of Colour

Book single days or the full weeks from 9.30-3.30 (free early drop-off from 8.30, chargeable late pick-up by 4.30, book online, 10% siblings and friends discounts applied automatically when booking online)

For ages: 4-7 and 8-12 years (separately taught, with age-adjusted highly interactive content).