Subject: Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath hosts spectroscopy workshops around once a month. Students are split into small groups and taken on a tour of the three areas of spectroscopy relevant to the post-16 curriculum. Students visit the instruments and are given 20 minute talks by experienced staff in the fields of NMR, Mass Spec and IR. Students then have the opportunity to run their own samples of compounds that they have prepared in school.
The principles of spectroscopy are reinforced in a 30-minute problem-solving workshop following the tours where students deduce the structure of some unknown compounds using spectroscopic data. Once materials and resources have been developed they are very easy to use by a number of people. Trained postgraduates can be used to deliver events to free up staff time. Activities can also be easily transferred to other institutions with running costs minimal.
AS and A-level students.
For more information, please contact Dr Gan Shermer (Chemistry Teaching Fellow, University of Bath) or call on 01225 385410.
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