Heureka Science Center’s Night of Chemistry
Demonstration lecture “Screaming gummy-bear and other chemical demonstrations” 12/8/2007
European Researchers’ Night
Demonstration lectures “Chemical Magic” 9/26/2008
European Researchers’ Night
Demonstration lectures “Liquid Nitrogen – Cool Stuff!” and “Chemical Magic for Kids” 9/25/2009
European Researchers’ Night
Demonstration lecture “Chemistry of Combustion“ 9/24/2010
Chemistry Department’s Open-door Day
Demonstration lecture “What’s chemistry anyway?” 10/8/2011
Lappeenranta University of Technology’s Science Night
Demonstration lecture “Molecules Unite! Chemistry of Plastics” 11/4/2011
High school visit
“Brain chemistry and mind-altering medicine”, lesson to high school students on brain chemistry and medicine that effect it, Jyväskylä 12/9/2011
Kids’ Science Day
“Dancing rasins”, outreach event for kindergarteners (80 students altogether) together with chemistry education faculty 2/11/2015
Talented Elementary School Students Lab Day at Department of Chemistry
Initiated by me in 2011 this long-running project aims to encourage scientifically inclined children to pursue careers in science. Together with Ph.D. student Pirjo Häkkinen. University of Jyväskylä, 8/3/2011, 8/17/2012, 8/16/2013, 8/16/2014, 8/15/2015, 8/20/2016, 8/12/2017, 8/18/2018
Elementary School Students’ Lab Day at Department of Chemistry
Experiment “Copper to Silver to Gold!”, one of the largest science community outreach projects in central Finland (altogether 200 students taught). Together with Ph.D. student Pirjo Häkkinen, Univeristy of Jyväskylä, 5/5/2014 – 30/5/2014, 4/5/2015 – 29/5/2015, 2/5 – 27/5/2016.
Highschool Students’ Visits to Department of Chemistry
Introduction to research in organic chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, 10/31/2015, 10/29/2016, 10/28/2017
Elementary school visits
“Electricity and electrical circuits”, experiment in open-ended problem solving as a pedagogic tool in teaching physics to elementary school students, Parikkala elementary school 1/22/2016 and Jyväskylä 1/5/2017
European Researchers’ Night
Demonstration lecture “Unconventional Chemistry” 9/30/2016
StartT Science Competition Winners Visit to the Chemistry Department
Introducing organic chemistry research to the winners of a national science competition 4/18/2017
Highschool Students’ Visit to Centre of Analysis and Synthesis
Introduction to research in organic chemistry, Together with Ph.D. student Anita Hoang, Lund University, 6/21/2017
European Researchers’ Night
Demonstration lecture “Unconventional Chemistry” 9/29/2017
Demonstration lecture “Unconventional Chemistry”
Demonstration lecture given to local high-school students, Jyväskylä, 11/16/2017
Elementary School Visit
“Simple machines”, teaching physics using a phenomenon-based approach, Härämälä elementary school, Tampere, 9/20— 9/21/2018
European Researchers’ Night
Demonstration lecture “Unconventional Chemistry”, University of Jyväskylä, 9/28/2018