IChemE is the professional and qualifying body for chemical and process engineers with a membership of over 21,000. Curriculum IChemE promotes a series of activities boxes designed for use by teachers in junior and primary schools. The activities in the box are intended to teach school children about science and engineering.
Local companies sponsor the boxes.
IChemE produces carefully-researched literature for secondary schools, aimed at both teachers and pupils, to make sure that they are aware of chemical engineering as an activity and as a career option. Bucket chemistry IChemE's branches around the country run bucket chemistry competitions for secondary schools. The competition introduces the idea of producing chemicals in large amounts to children. School teams are invited to write about how they would prepare a bucketful of some chemical. Selected teams spend a day actually putting their plans into practice.