High School Chemistry Class Tours

We have an exciting opportunity for Grade 11 or 12 university chemistry students to visit McMaster University to learn about Chemical Engineering.   Your students would take part in hands-on demonstrations, they would visit research labs and tour the nuclear reactor.

The hands-on demonstrations include a 20 minute show-and-tell about a Polymeric Superabsorbent then 20 minutes measuring Pressure Drops and Flowrates in a flow circuit.   During the Chemical Engineering Research Laboratory tours the students will visit some of our labs in the bioengineering area and will have an opportunity to talk with one of our faculty members.    The Nuclear Reactor tour will take the students through the on-campus nuclear reactor used for materials research and medical isotope preparation.

We can handle class sizes up to 30 students (including students and teachers).  We typically break the class into three groups- each group sees all the activities.  These smaller groups allow for better interaction between the students and our faculty and staff.

We need 3 hours for the entire program-  here’s a typical agenda:

We can schedule the visit for most days in April and May.  Please contact our Laboratory Manager, Doug Keller (kellerdm@mcmaster.ca) to arrange to out the logistics of the visit. 

We are always very excited to have the opportunity to host visits from high school chemistry students and we know your students will enjoy the experience.