Year 7/8 Harry Kroto Workshops
Register your interest
Details
This activity is subject to capacity and availability.
If you are interested in your school taking part, please contact Sarah Holman at participate@sussex.ac.uk
Dates: to be arranged with the school subject to availability
Year Group: 7 & 8
Timings: approx. 1 hour session (shorter or longer workshops can be arranged)
Location: On site at school
Max group size: choice of 30 students per session (workshop style) or up to 120 students (assembly style. Please note each student will be making a bucky ball, so will need appropriate space/ a table etc. to be able to do this.)
We can offer multiple sessions in one day, but all activity must take place on the same date.
Additional Information
Sir Harry Kroto was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize for the discovery of fullerenes or c60 at the University of Sussex.
Jonathon Hare worked with Harry Kroto on the discovery of the Buckminsterfullerene. His workshops will be delivered in-school for year 7/8 students to suit your needs and explore interactive aspects of STEM.
The Discovery of the Buckyball (C60): This workshop deals with the discovery, structure and properties of the Buckyball (C60, Buckminsterfullerene) – the third allotrope of carbon - work which lead to the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Jonathan Hare was part of the pioneering Sussex team. The workshop takes us from the tiny world of atoms to the vast world of astronomy and includes each participant constructing (and keeping) a molecular model of C60.
Other workshops available include:
Hollywood Science: critically examine just how realistic extravagant Hollywood stunts are in reality.
Geodesic Domes: The Epcote Centre (Disney USA) and the Eden Project are examples of Geodesic domes - structures originally designed by the inventor and visionary Richard Buckminster Fuller.
Voice on a lightbeam: Learn how to put our voices onto light and explore how to communicate in the vaccuum of space!
Contact us
For all pre-16 enquiries please contact participate@sussex.ac.uk
For all post-16 enquiries please contact accessprogramme@sussex.ac.uk
If your email relates to both teams please email participate@sussex.ac.uk and we will ensure it reaches the relevant members of staff.
