SALTERS’ FESTIVAL of CHEMISTRY

Liberton High School was represented by four S2 students, Lauren Bell, Emma McNaughton, Fraser Murray and Thomas Walker, in the Festival of Chemistry at Heriot-Watt University on Wednesday 13 June. This was one of 52 national events, supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry, promoting chemistry for young people. 19 Schools from Edinburgh and surrounding environs took part in the event – our students showed themselves to be confident and talented students who worked as a great team.
The budding scientists participated in 2 laboratory based activities during the day; the “ Salters’ Challenge”, was a forensic “crime scene” investigation which attempted to identify the perpetrators of a serious incident and the “ University Challenge”, involved a chemical reaction which decreased the temperature of the mixture – proving that Chemistry is pretty cool!