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Slime Time!


Highfield Campus



Building: 40 | Staff Club

Room: Garden Court (restaurant end)

Age suitable for:
  • All ages
  • 5 - 7 years-old
  • 7 - 11 years-old
  • 11 - 14 years-old
  • 14 - 16 years-old
  • 16 - 18 years-old
  • 18+ years-old


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The University of Southampton's Chemistry Society invites you to make colourful, stringy slime with them!

Come and chat with current chemistry students to discover the wonders of chemistry and the some of the science behind the polymers and plastics that are essential to modern life. For example...

Did you know that the shampoo in your bathroom, the fabric of your socks and the battery in your phone have all been created by the fundamentals of chemistry?

Find out more through our exciting experiments - join us to discover how silly, stringy slime can be created using simple 'chemical' ingredients (with our updated, more sustainable recipe!) - and share our excitement for science!