Compete with friends and other students around New Zealand to grow the biggest and best crystals!
Schools will be sent a sample of potassium aluminium sulfate, Alum, and instructions on how to grow big crystals.
Students then grow their crystals and send their best ones back in to the Department of Chemistry, University of Otago.
There will be prizes for:
- Intermediate school entries
- Lower high school (Years 9-10)
- Uppper high school (Years 11-13)
The winning crystals will be displayed as part of the International Science Festival in Dunedin in July.
Registrations will close on 9 April.
For further information and to register: http://www.otago.ac.nz/chemistry/outreach/crystals/index.html
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