What is CHaOS?
CHaOS is Cambridge Hands-On Science, a voluntary student group based in Cambridge. We believe that science is fun, and relevant to everyone! CHaOS take our wide range of hands-on science experiments to a variety of venues around the country, with our enthusiastic student demonstrators explaining what each experiment shows and why it's interesting! For more information about us, see the About page, or just scroll down to find out about what events we've got coming up. If you're a teacher and would like CHaOS to visit your school, click here for more information. |
If you're a Cambridge student and might be interested in helping out with CHaOS then click here for more information. |
CHaOS Summer Science Roadshow 2010
This summer, the CHaOS Roadshow will again be heading across the country for four weeks in June/July. As well as visiting 12 schools, we'll be running free public events in 8 venues in East Anglia and the South-West. See below for our Roadshow route.
All events (except school visits) are free and open to the public from 12-5pm. Drop in any time to see some exciting hands-on science experiments!
All public venues are wheelchair accessible. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our events, including any questions about accessibility of venues. We'd be particularly keen to hear from you if can help publicise our events in any way (newsletters, posters, newspapers, radio etc), and can give you material if you get in touch. Click here to go to our press release and printable versions of posters/flyers.
The Roadshow Route
| Monday 28th June-Thursday 1st July: Visiting schools in Beds/Cambs | |
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Saturday 3rd July: Free public event, 12-5pm Commemoration Hall, Huntingdon 39 High Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3AQ [Venue Website] [Map] |
Sunday 4th July: Free public event, 12-5pm Newmarket Leisure Centre Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0EA [Venue Website][Map] |
| Tuesday 6th-Thursday 8th July: Visiting schools in Essex | |
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Saturday 10th July: Free public event, 12-5pm Mrs Howard Memorial Hall, Letchworth Norton Way South, Letchworth, Herts, SG6 1NX [Venue Website] [Map] |
Sunday 11th July: Free public event, 12-5pm Eaglestone Activity Centre, Milton Keynes 8 Harrier Court, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, MK6 5BZ [Venue Website] [Map] |
| Tuesday 13th -Thursday 15th July: Visiting schools in Portsmouth | |
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Saturday 17th July: Free public event, 12-5pm Greyfriars Community Centre, Ringwood 44 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1DW [Venue Website] [Map] |
Sunday 18th July: Free public event, 12-5pm The Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum Market Place, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7EB [Venue Website][Map] |
| Tuesday 20th -Thursday 22nd July: Visiting schools in Cheltenham | |
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Saturday 24th July: Free public event, 12-5pm Corpus Christi Church Hall, Weston-Super-Mare 14 Ellenborough Park South, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 1XW [Venue Website] [Map] |
Sunday 25th July: Free public event, 12-5pm The Barn, Clevedon Great Western Road, Clevedon, BS21 6HB (opposite Morrisons) [Venue Website] [Map] |
The CHaOS Roadshow couldn't run without the generous support of our sponsors, this year we are grateful to the Institute of Physics (East Anglia branch), the Royal Society of Chemistry (mid-Anglia branch), the Medical Research Council, the Newton Trust, the Physiological Society and the University of Cambridge Societies Syndicate.
Press Coverage
- 1st July: Cambridge First newspaper publish a feature article on CHaOS.
- 2nd July: Two of the CHaOS team take a couple of our experiments into BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to promote our events in Huntingdon and Newmarket. Click here to listen to what happened (this links to BBC iPlayer, the content will become unavailable after Friday 9th July, the link takes you to the CHaOS interview which is 2hrs, 48 mins, 21 secs in, and lasts around 15 mins)
- 8th July:The Weston Mercury newspaper publish an article about CHaOS.
- 9th July:The Western Gazette newspaper publish a short article about CHaOS.
- 10th July:Letchworth Garden City What's On give us a prominent listing for in the local area here
- 29th July:The Weston Mercury newspaper publish an article about CHaOS with pictures from the event.
CHaOS at the Cambridge Science Festival 2010
CHaOS once again enjoyed running a series of events at this year's Science Festival, which was packed out with visitors on both of the main Saturdays. On Saturday 13th March, Crash, Bang, Squelch! was full to its fire capacity all day, and four spectacular talks run in the lecture theatre next door were also very well attended. The following weekend, a selection of our physics experiments were out again as part of Physics Zone at the Cavendish Laboratory, with many hundreds of people coming through the door during the day.
Click here to view a copy of our report. |
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Crash, Bang, Squelch! Saturday 13th March 2010
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On Saturday 13th March 2010 CHaOS will take over the zoology labs of the University of Cambridge for a day for Crash, Bang, Squelch!, inviting in over 2000 visitors to see lots of exciting hands-on experiments from all areas of science. To add to the fun, in the lecture theatre next door, there will be a series of talks, with some high powered experiments that can't be done in the hands on lab! See below for more details. |
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The event is open from 10am-4pm, and is absolutely free. Drop in any time, there's no need to book in advance, although in busy periods timed tickets may by issued for later in the day (we might run out of tickets before the end of the day, so get here early to avoid disappointment). |
PhysicsFest 2009 - Sunday 6th December 2-5pm
CHaOS will be at PhysicsFest 2009, running a selection of hands-on experiments (mainly physics) in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, on Sunday 6th December 2009 from 2-5pm as part of this IoP run event.
There's lots of other exciting events going on, mainly linked to the theme of space. See here for more details, and directions.
New CHaOS Website
Welcome to the new CHaOS website. This is currently in development, see our old site www.chaosscience.org.uk
