Welcome to the website for the Carleton University Office for Chemistry Outreach (CUOCO). We aim to educate and entertain the public with events to display the fun and impressive power of chemistry and its importance in our daily lives.

CUOCO is pleased to announce the following upcoming event:

THE NEXT CHEMISTRY MAGIC SHOW:

SATURDAY, MAY 11th

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

with

CHEMISTRY IN THE DARK!

Our next Chemistry Magic Show will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Carleton University’s Faculty of Science and be part of Science Rendezvous, a national day of celebration of science in Canada and activities to inspire young people to be enthusiastic about science. This year it will be Saturday, May 11 and CUOCO will be hosting our 2nd annual outdoor Chemistry Magic Show at night! We will light up the sky and do things we can’t do indoors!

TIME, LOCATION, and COST:

The show will be at the outdoor amphitheatre between Southam and Paterson Halls and the MacOdrum Library. The amphitheatre can comfortably hold about 450 people. There are no tickets and all the activities are free! In lieu of an admission fee, we ask that each guest bring one non-perishable food item for the food bank.

Map: May 2013 Magic Show map.pdf

What can you expect? We will have some hands-on activities starting at 7:30 p.m.– come and make some slime and enjoy some liquid nitrogen ice cream! Check out the crazy smells we have- everything from cinnamon to skunk! And there will be more surprises on top of that, too! The one-hour magic show will start at dusk (approximately 8:45 p.m.). See you there because we’re either going to glow it up or blow it up! The show is appropriate and fun for everyone ages 6 and up. Please be aware that there will be loud noises that may scare some small children.

What if we have bad weather on May 11th? In case of bad weather we will have the show at 8:45 p.m. in Theatre B in the basement of Southam Hall. The activities will also be in Southam Hall, starting at 7:30 p.m.

The video clip on the left below is a preview of our Chemistry Magic Show. The clip on the left is an interview from CTV2’s Ottawa Morning Live from May 2012, when we were getting ready for our very first outdoor magic show at night! It was a phenomenal success! What does that mean? We’re going to do it again! Save the date: May 11, 2013.

Want to see more? We will be doing a magic show as part of the flagship event for the 50th anniversary of Carleton’s Faculty of Science, which will take place on the weekend of September 20-22, 2013.

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