2010

The CHaOS Summer Roadshow took part from late June through most of July 2010. We spent a month visiting children in primary and secondary schools during the week and ran events open to the public at weekends. Our route included Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset.

Our team of enthusiastic student volunteers was joined by our usual collection of exciting hands-on experiments, plus some new ones (including trebuchets and a new collection of interesting skulls), to inspire and educate our visitors. We estimate that around 4000 people saw our experiments during that time, and feedback from both our school visits and public events has been overwhelmingly positive!

To read more about our 2010 Summer Roadshow, click here or on the front cover image on the right to download our Roadshow Report (in pdf format).

CHaOS is grateful to the following organisations for their generous sponsorship of our 2010 Summer Roadshow:

2009

The 2009 CHaOS roadshow took place from late June to late July. Our team of enthusiastic student demonstrators took hands-on experiments to a variety of venues around the country. A detailed report is available by clicking on the front cover image on the right.

We started the 2009 roadshow in Cambridgeshire, visiting primary and secondary schools in the first week before moving Northwards. Our first weekend was spent as a visiting exhibition at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, with our own highly personal approach complementing the museum's permanent exhibits. The next week saw us visit four schools in Cheshire, before travelling to central London to visit a secondary school. The second weekend of the 2009 roadshow saw us visit the Home Educator's Summer Festival in Kent, sharing a wide range of our experiments with home-schooled children.

From Kent, we travelled to Preston to visit more schools, before heading to North Lincolnshire for our third weekend. There we visited a community centre in Scunthorpe and ran an event in Grimsby Central Hall. Our popular event in Grimsby was filmed by a team from community media project Nunny TV. The fourth week of our 2009 roadshow saw us visit three community centres around Carlisle before returning to Heckington Show in Lincolnshire, where we were enthusiastically received by visitors who'd seen us in previous years!

CHaOS is grateful to the following organisations for their generous sponsorship of our 2009 Summer Roadshow: AstraZeneca, the Biochemical Society, the Institute of Physics, the Medical Research Council and the University of Cambridge Active Community Fund.

2008

The 2008 CHaOS Roadshow visited nine schools, eight public venues and two festivals, taking our experiments to Devon, Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. The roadshow took place over four weeks in July 2008, and involved 36 volunteer demonstrators. You can read more about the 2008 CHaOS Roadshow by clicking on the report shown on the right.

CHaOS thank the following sponsors for their financial support of the 2008 Roadshow: GlaxoSmithKline, the Institute of Physics, the Medical Research Council, Microsoft Research, Pfizer and the University of Cambridge Active Community Fund.

2007

The 2007 roadshow was a great success demonstrating fun science experiments to over 4500 people, in 16 different venues. It took place for the whole month of July, and involved 52 student volunteers visiting locations including Retford, Stowmarket, Milton Keynes, Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Our whole roadshow report is available to download on the right.

CHaOS thank the following sponsors for their financial support of the 2007 Roadshow: ARM, the Biochemical Society, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, GlasxoSmithKline, the Institute of Physics, the Medical Research Council, Microsoft Research, Procter & Gamble, and the University of Cambridge Active Community Fund.

2006

In 2006, the CHaOS summer roadshow took place over two weeks in late July. We visited venues in Suffolk, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. You can read our (not entirely serious!) report by clicking on the picture on the right.

The roadshow was kindly sponsored by the University of Cambridge Active Community Fund, GlaxoSmithKline, Microsoft Research, ARM, the Institute of Physics and Cambridge Rag

2005

The 2005 CHaOS roadshow saw us visit a range of venues around Kent and East Anglia including Ramsgate, Deal, Whitstable, Downham Market, Thetford and Harlow.

29 enthusiastic student volunteers were involved in a roadshow sponsored by the Biochemical Society, the Einstein Year, the Institute of Physics, Microsoft Research, Pfizer and the University of Cambridge Active Community Fund. You can read more about the 2005 CHaOS summer roadshow by reading our report (downloadable by clicking on the image of the front page).

2004

In 2004, the CHaOS team visited venues in Scotland, including Dumfries, Irvine and Glasgow, and locations in East Anglia, including Norwich, Ipswich and Felixstowe. Our (not very serious) account of the tour can be read in the roadshow report linked on the right.

CHaOS is grateful to the following organisations for sponsorship of the 2004 Roadshow: Arthur D Little, the Biochemical Society, Copus, the Institute of Physics, Microsoft Research, PPARC and the University of Cambridge

2003

In 2003 the CHaOS roadshow lasted 2 weeks, included over 30 experiments, involved 17 demonstrators, travelled over 1000 miles and visited 11 venues between Grimsby and South Devon.

2002

In 2002 the CHaOS roadshow visited 6 venues along the South Coast, with up to 9 student demonstrators and 20 experiments. The roadshow took place over a week and received a fantastic response from the public.