ASE Summer 2025 Technicians Conference

Come along and have a go and making some simple glass items to gain confidence when heating and bending glass.  You can keep everything you make, options will include delivery tubes, stirring rods, glass spreaders and U bend tubes amongst others.  If you have a glass cutter in your department – bring it with you!

My thanks go to the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers, without whose sponsorship this session may not have been possible.

Plants are a must in any thriving science department but they can be difficult to cultivate in the confines of the prep room.  Come and grab some useful tips on cultivation, propagation and general care to keep your plants lush and ready for lessons.  Bring any surplus cuttings for a plant swap too.

This session will explore the RPs for combined science and separate chemistry. There will be hints and tips for better outcomes and some alternatives you might use. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to share their own tips.

Embark on a hands-on adventure and join marine biologists in their quest to uncover the mystery of Luna's father! Meet Luna, an adorable whale calf, and become part of a passionate team determined to solve this heart-warming puzzle using gel electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting where you will pour, load, and run a gel, capture gel image, analyse the results, and deduce a probable conclusion for a whale of a forensic mystery.

Open evening season is the time of year that we want our science departments to really shine, inspire and impress the public, but it can potentially also be a time where there is the more risk than usual. In this workshop we will look at the risks of having members of the public in our science labs, how best to manage that risk and keep everyone safe and implement demonstrations that will safely wow parents and students alike. I will present hands-on practicals that will aim to motivate and encourage those interested in what it can be like to learn science in a secondary or college setting.