Two Day Chemistry Experience
Summer Camps 2016 for Year 11 and
12 Chemistry Students
Maximum Numbers: 30
Students must be 16 at the start of this course.
Proposed course (19-20 July 2016)
Dates: 19-20 July 2016
Costs: £180 per student [to include food, accommodation and lab time.]
Notes:
Students will also need to pay for their own travel to get to Bristol ChemLabS
Accommodation to be in halls of residence within walking distance of the School of
Chemistry.
Accompanying Teachers. If large groups are to come from individual Post 16
establishments it may be a good idea to have an accompanying member of their
Chemistry department. Costs for teacher only to include accommodation and
subsistence NOT lab fees.
The proposed programme will support both the academic and practical aspects of
the students’ Post 16 Chemistry and give an insight into what it is like to be a
university science undergraduate.
Tim Harrison,
Director of Outreach,
Bristol ChemLabS,
School of Chemistry,
University of Bristol,
Cantock’s Close,
Bristol, UK.
BS1 8TS
t.g.harrison@bristol.ac.uk
Introduction
Bristol ChemLabS organises several summer schools per year for both domestic and
international school students and undergraduates and has done
so for nearly a decade. Students can stay in halls of residence
(if available) and enjoy several sessions of practical work, enjoy
lectures and lecture demonstrations and take tours of analytical
laboratories and, if requested, can have a presentation on the
university application process.
The practical work allows students to develop practical skills on
Day 1 that they can then use in the extended synthesis
practical on Day 2. Students will work in pairs which will be
changed per session. Images of the Teaching Laboratories can
be found here. (http://www.chemlabs.bris.ac.uk/TeachingLabs/ )
The residential sessions start 09:30-10:00 and finish around 17:00 each day. There is an
hour for lunch (packed lunches can be ordered –meat, fish, vegetarian) and a morning and
afternoon break each day where drinks and biscuits are provided. An evening meal will be
organised in one of Bristol’s most popular restaurants.
Typical Programme for Two Day Chemistry Camp
DAY 1
9.45 am
Arrival, Welcome, Safety Talk and Lab Coat Issue
10.10 am
Practical Session 1: Warm up session with iodine clock reaction, followed by
copper sulfate concentration determination via uv- visible spectroscopy.
Coffee break mid-session.
12.55 pm
Lunch break. Students provided with a packed lunch.
2:00 pm
Lecture Demonstration: A Chemical Delight (Tim Harrison, Bristol). This is a
basic kinetics chemistry talk.
3.00 pm
Practical 2: Organic Synthesis Practical (Dyestuffs) with an afternoon break.
5:00 pm
Tour of the School of Chemistry in smaller groups.
5.30 pm
Depart School of Chemistry
5.45 pm
Check in at Hall of Residence
7.00 pm
Depart to Restaurant e.g. ‘Za Za Bazzaars’ Restaurant, Waterside, Bristol.
9.30 pm
Rest of evening at Halls of Residence. Postgraduates and course leader (and
any accompanying teachers) in attendance.
Day 2
9:00 am
Leave Halls of Residence with overnight bags
9.30 am
Spectroscopy Tours – students will have the chance to see and have talks
on NMR, GCMS (or mass spectrometry) and Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM) as available.
11.00 am
Morning Break
11.20 am
Practical Session 3: Benzocaine Synthesis (Part 1)
1.00 pm
Lunch break. Students to provide own from local sandwich bars or via
packed lunches
2.00 pm
Practical Session 4: Benzocaine Synthesis (Part 2)
4.00 pm
Lectures (2 x 30 min) by current postgraduates and/or on the UCAS system.
5.00 pm
Departure from Teaching Laboratories
Accommodation
Information on Halls of Residence most likely to be used
Clifton Hill House (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cliftonhillhouse/ ),
Manor Hall (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/manor/ )
Goldney Hall (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/goldney/)
These are halls of residence that are typically used depending on availability.
Photo Consent form
From time to time we would like to use images in research papers and our own website.
Please can you bring a completed form
(http://www.chemlabs.bris.ac.uk/Documents/PhotoConsentForm.pdf) if this is allowable?
Risk Assessment for Summer Schools –School of Chemistry (Bristol
ChemLabS) Component
General Safety Introduction
Students will be supervised in the laboratories by Postgraduate Chemists and an academic
member of staff. All postgraduates have a CRB/DBS check.
A general safety briefing will be given before all practical work is undertaken.
Please note the rigid dress code required for all those who wish to be in the laboratories –
details given later in this document.
Students will be expected to follow instructions given by all Bristol ChemLabS staff.
Individual practicals will include details of the specific risk assessments
Supervision of students during the lab days at break times and at lunch will be the
responsibility of the accompanying staff.
Tim Harrison, Director of Outreach
Bristol ChemLabS Health and Safety
(This information is also available at:
http://www.chemlabs.bris.ac.uk/outreach/chemnet/Chemnet_safety.html)
Students and accompanying staff will be expected to follow the School of
Chemistry's rules for visiting school scientists on health and safety in the laboratories
as well as the specific health and safety requirements of the experiments.
photo by riot_jane
Failure to observe safety rules by students or accompanying teachers, including
inappropriate clothing, will result in no admission to/removal from the
laboratories!
Bristol ChemLabS has a more than sufficient supply of lab coats and safety glasses
available for students and accompanying staff. However, students or staff may also
bring their own if they so wish.
Safety precautions for all schools users of the chemistry Undergraduate
Teaching Laboratories (students and teachers)
SAFETY GLASSES MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES. Even if you normally
wear glasses, safety glasses or goggles must be worn over them.
Dress like a chemist. Wear clothing in the laboratory that will provide
maximum body coverage. When carrying out experimental work you
MUST wear a fastened lab coat. Long trousers or jeans must be
worn to cover all of your legs. *Prohibited footwear includes sandals, flip
flops and ballet shoes. Trainers are fine. Leggings and tights are not.
In case of a large chemical spill on your body or clothes, stand under the
safety shower and flood the contaminated area with water. Remove
contaminated clothing to prevent further reaction with the skin.
Make sure you acquaint yourself with the location of fire extinguishers, fire
blankets and, most importantly, the fire exits. If the fire alarms sound, make
your working area safe and leave the building as directed by the laboratory
staff.
Eating and drinking is strictly prohibited. This includes chewing gum.
Keep long hair tied back and ensure that long or large necklaces are safely
tucked away.
Mobile phones, personal stereos etc. must be switched off when entering the
laboratory. Anything that interferes with your ability to hear what is going on in
the laboratory is a potential hazard.
You are strongly advised not to wear contact lenses in the laboratory, even
under safety glasses. Solvent vapours can build up behind the lens. ‘Soft’
contacts are especially dangerous as solvents can dissolve in the lenses
themselves and be released over several hours.
After reading any warnings and recommendations, use all chemicals carefully
and in a fume hood whenever possible. Dispose of solvents properly.
Immediately return any chemicals you have used to the shelves for other
students to use.
Keep your work area tidy and clean up any spills, including water, on the floor.
Report all accidents and dangerous incidents
Wash your hands carefully when you leave
Assume you are the only safe worker in the laboratory. Work defensively!
Risk Assessment for Spectroscopy Tours Element
Introduction
The tours will take students and teachers into analysis laboratories including NMR, Mass
Spec, X ray Diffraction and electron microscopy. Visits to the teaching laboratories for infrared and /or ultraviolet spectroscopy will also be made. The tours will start in a lecture theatre.
The rooms are spread out over six floors of the main chemistry building.
Groups of no more than 8 students per group will be led around the department to the
various rooms, by Postgraduate Chemists. The postgraduate tour guides will have been
STEM Ambassador trained and will have a CRB/DBS check.
As part of the welcoming talk all aspects of risk assessment and fire alarm procedures will
be explained.
There will be no need to wear lab coats on this visit.
General Risk Assessment
In general students will be expected to behave in a manner befitting a research
establishment in that there will be no boisterous behaviour, running shouting etc. The
students will be expected to follow the instructions of the academic staff and tour guides.
Care must be taken in the laboratories not to lean against or bump into
machinery/instruments or samples and not to touch apparatus without being instructed to do
so.
Safety glasses will be worn correctly when instructed to do so. This is normally only for visits
to the teaching laboratories.
There is to be no eating, drinking or chewing in the laboratories.
Specific Risk Assessments
Any group member that is fitted with a heart pacemaker will need to notify the session leader
and tour guide. Pacemaker wearers will not be permitted in NMR or mass spectrometry labs
because of the strong magnetic fields.
Notification of any students with special needs will be made in good time to Tim Harrison
t.g.harrison@bristol.ac.uk