Lorelly Wilson (Chair of the North West Branch of the British Science Association) will demonstrate experiments you can do at home to get your partner out of their armchair/garden shed or to entertain the grandchildren using common household products to illustrate important chemical concepts.

• The Lardberg demonstrates the weirdness of water.
• Two plastics that you can make at home using simple ingredients.
• See why sour milk makes the best scones.
• Unusual uses for constipation remedies.

This session just won an Inspiration award from the Royal Society of Chemistry and is short-listed for an award from WISE (the campaign for gender balance in science, technology and engineering) being presented by Princess Anne next week……..