Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Life Sciences

Department of Environmental Management & Ecology

CHEMISTRY WITH A BANG!

(THE SCIENCE OF EXPLOSIONS)

 A NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK EVENT FOR STUDENTS

  The Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) is delighted to announce that our 2009 Hartung Youth lecturer is Dr John Reid, an explosives expert from Thales Australia .

The Hartung Youth lectures are held for Years 10 and 11 students. They aim to inspire a love of and fascination with Science. In the 2009 lectures, students will learn about a whole range of high energy reactions from the past and present – including the air bag reaction. This lecture promises to be a spectacular experience, in the tradition of the lectures given by Professor Hartung over 50 years ago.

The Melbourne lecture will be held in the famous 3 storey Masson Theatre in the School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne , where Professor Hartung conducted his amazing demonstrations! The lecture also will be presented in Albury-Wodonga, Morwell and Warrnambool.

The lectures will be held in National Science Week, 17-21 August, 2009.

The dates and locations are:

Monday 17 August, 11am to 12noon
Albury-Wodonga Campus, La Trobe University

Tuesday 18 August
Masson Theatre, School of Chemistry , The Uni of Melb

Wednesday 19 August 
Powerworks, Morwell

Friday 21 August
Warrnambool Campus, Deakin University

Lectures are free of charge, however, schools must make a formal booking.

Please direct enquiries and bookings for the La Trobe University , Albury-Wodonga Campus lecture to Rachel Bahrij , Department of Environmental Management & Ecology, La Trobe University
Email: r.bahrij@latrobe.edu.au Phone (02) 60249885 Fax: (02) 60249888

For enquiries and booking forms for other venues please contact Jenny Sharwood, Secretary, RACI (Vic) Education Group   Email:   jenny.sharwood@oup.com           Phone/fax: (03) 9816 3786