Chemistry outreach project based at the University of Birmingham. We are passionate about making chemistry fun and accessible for everyone. www.chembam.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kec4elikil2vAnother day another #outreach visit to a wonderful primary school! Investigation of the effect of salt on plants! Part of a big Royal Society funded project that we can talk about more soon!! #scicomm #chemsky16 Nov 2023 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kec4elikil2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kdlluf4zd32tWe are very excited to be visiting a primary school on Thursday to start a 6 month project looking at how well biodegradable and compostable plastics degrade in different environments! The energy and enthusiasm of 7-year-olds is amazing! #scicomm #chemsky07 Nov 2023 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdlluf4zd32thttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kczutr2bwx27Check out our new comment piece on making chemistry accessible for people with vision impairment https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-023-01033-x #chemsky #scicomm31 Oct 2023 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kczutr2bwx27https://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kcnssazszg2jYet more stuff piling up for the start of our big Royal Society #scicomm project. We're aiming to visit 30 schools over the next year. Quite daunted at the size of this project but very excited! #chemsky #outreach26 Oct 2023 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcnssazszg2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kckymcds5h2hYou know there's some big #scicomm coming up when your office looks like this. #outreach #chemsky25 Oct 2023 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kckymcds5h2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kci5xz4ws42hThis is still our favourite accessible activity. Tactile chromatography! Illustrating the concept of chromatography by tipping a mixture of wool and plastic balls down a tube lined with velcro! #chemsky #scicomm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnKv1jBzW6k24 Oct 2023 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kci5xz4ws42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kci4rnjaoz2cWe've got some more experiments and activities in progress that are #accessible for people with vision impairment. Next up are reactivity and diffusion #chemsky #scicomm watch this space! www.chembam.com/vi24 Oct 2023 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kci4rnjaoz2chttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kc4auqa3k622Just put out a call for undergraduate volunteers for an outreach event and got 14 reply straight away. Lovely to see how much enthusiasm we have among the students :) #chemsky #scicomm19 Oct 2023 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kc4auqa3k622https://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kbun2muxce22We have a new outreach officer on board and are very excited to be starting our Royal Society funded BAM Project soon!! Engaging with 30 schools across Birmingham. It's ambitious and slightly terrifying! @profaliceroberts.bsky.social16 Oct 2023 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbun2muxce22https://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kbn4g6jes22rImpact of outreach on future careers of postgrads from the late great Tim Harrison and others. A very important paper if you want to persuade your university to invest in outreach support for students! https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c0026113 Oct 2023 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbn4g6jes22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chembam.bsky.social/post/3kbkxtwlslw2fHowdy chemsky and edusky networks! Hoping to link up with you all again over here!12 Oct 2023 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:g4a43xjnaecvnbeffld2yfp6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbkxtwlslw2f