Successful conclusion of the Witches Week
Almost a hundred participants, 26 teams, a dozen leaders, three locations and a lot of interesting tasks – at the end of the Witches Week, which took place as part of the celebrations of the European City of Science Katowice 2024, a family field game “In the world of alchemy” was organized on the campus of the Silesian University of Technology.
It was the Grand Finale of the Witches’ Week. The weather, attendance, and creativity of our University’s scientists and students from the Student Research Club of Chemists were all perfect. Parents with children, forming a team, received maps of the Silesian University of Technology campus, and then in three locations – the Centre for New Technologies, the Biotechnology Centre and the Red Chemistry building – they had to face various tasks, moving, among others, to the world of Harry Potter or the dark laboratory.
It was a day for whole families. We wanted to present to the participants various areas of chemistry – from the scratch through various curiosities. The tasks they faced were also prepared with the intention that sometimes children together with their parents would come up with the answer. There were also experiments for the youngest – explains Dr Hab. Eng. Agata Blacha-Grzechnik, Prof. SUT, the curator of the Week of Witches.
The event began with a lecture by Dr Hab. Eng. Paulina Wiecińska, Prof. of Warsaw University of Technology, entitled “The Island of Secrets – Discovering Ceramics in Contemporary Technologies”. Later, the teams went to discover the world of alchemy on an expedition full of chemical puzzles in the chemists’ studios, collecting letters needed to complete the game.
- This event certainly allowed the participants to also get familiar with the campus of the Silesian University of Technology. We are glad that so many people have taken advantage of our invitation - concluded Prof. Agata Blacha-Grzechnik.
