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Welcome to the Cambridge Hands-On Science (CHaOS) website. We are a student society dedicated to trying to transfer some of our enthusiasm about science to the public. Find more about what we are here
We organise all sorts of Events including a huge event in Cambridge Science Festival called Crash! Bang! Squelch!, a summer Science Roadshow, we visit schools, amongst many other things.
If you are a student in Cambridge and would like to get involved, or organise something similar go to our Demonstrators' site. |
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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.
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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).
More information, including details about the exciting talks we're running next door to CBS!, will appear here soon.
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We're currently in the process of developing a brand new website, with lots of updated information about CHaOS and the events we run.
Click here for a sneak preview!
(NB: We're still keeping this site up to date as well at the moment).
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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.
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 The 2009 CHaOS Roadshow has now ended. From late June to late July, our team of enthusiastic student demonstrators and hands-on experiments are visited public venues across the North of England, as well as spending 3 weeks in schools in various different areas. Click here to view our report on what happened.
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CHaOS will be at the Cherry Hinton Festival on Saturday 19th September 2009. We'll be running a selection of hands-on experiments from 12 midday until around 5pm.
The festival has lots of other exciting things going on, and is free to attend. More details are available here.
A map (and aerial photo of a previous year!) can be found here.
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CHaOS will again be at Cambridge's biggest free festival, the Strawberry Fair on Saturday 6th June 2009. Find us in the Kids Area, near to the circus! We'll be running a selection of exciting experiments from 12-5pm.
The fair is on Midsummer Common, Cambridge, click here for a map.
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The 2009 CHaOS Roadshow has now ended. From late June to late July, our team of enthusiastic student demonstrators and hands-on experiments are visited public venues across the North of England, as well as spending 3 weeks in schools in various different areas. Click here to view our report on what happened.
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CHaOS will be at the Cavendish Laboratory Open Day on Saturday 21st March, which is part of the Cambridge Science Festival. Our hands-on demos will be open to the public from 2-5pm, and as usual the event is absolutely free.
See here for a map of the location. Note that car parking can be difficult during the Science Festival, and we recommend that visitors arrive by bike/foot/public transport where possible. The Citi 4, Uni 4 and Madingley Road Park and Ride bus services will all get you to the West Cambridge site from the centre of Cambridge.
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Crash, Bang, Squelch! is the biggest single event of the CHaOS year, bringing over 50 experiments into one place, for more than 2000 visitors to see during the day. This year CBS! is on Saturday 14th March, and is open to the public from 10am-4pm. Like all CHaOS public events, CBS! is absolutely free.
Come along to see lots of exciting hands-on science experiments, have go yourself and find out lots about what is going on. Our experiments will show you why hot air balloons stay up, what happens when you split water in half, how your lungs work, and much, much more...
This year, we will also be running some talks in a lecture theatre next door to CBS!, with lots of exciting experiments that are just too big to fit into the normal lab! See below for talk times, pre-booking is not required, just show up and be amazed.
Note that CBS! is usually very popular, and during busy periods we are likely to be preventing long queues by issuing timed tickets for later in the day. Last year we ran out of tickets at around 2.30pm, so get here early to avoid disappointment!
If you're a student in Cambridge and are interested in helping out with CBS, then you might like to visit our Demonstrator sign-up page.
The venue is fully accessible to those with mobility difficulties, and there are toilets on site. See here for a map of the location.
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Talk timetable:
10.30am: Spinning Gases (Dave Ansell)
Find out how tornadoes happen, and just how fast a vacuum cleaner can make something move...11.30am: Sparks and Shocks (Dave Ansell)
See what happens to a gherkin if you run mains electricity through it, and lots more high voltage fun!12.30-1.30pm: Lunch Break1.30pm: Blood and stuff (Adam Bromby)
Blood carries all sorts of useful things around your bodies, find out what happens if it gets cut off from the arm of our brave student volunteer!2.30pm: Sparks and Shocks (Dave Ansell)
A repeat of the morning's talk.
Crash, Bang, Squelch is part of the Cambridge Science Festival |
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In December 2008, CHaOS Demonstrators visited 3 primary schools in the Cambridge area, working with around 360 children in school years 3-6 (ages 7-11). The schools were:
- Tue 9th: Bellbird Village Primary School, Sawston
- Wed 10th: Burwell Village College
- Thu 11th: St. Mary's Primary School, St Neots
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