Rae Chilton

@labtech666.bsky.social

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RSciTech, school physics technician for 24 years, enthusiastic about STEM clubs, autistic. I really like rubber ducks (not a euphamism - actual toy rubber ducks.)

A 4 finger kitkat
The screen in my car showing 6:58 am and a temperature of -3. It is pitch dark outside the car.
Eight trays of equipment for an electric circuits practical.
A stack of certificates stating that my STEM club students have achieved their discovery award for the completion of their zombie apocalypse project.
A document titled SciChem 2008, School Laboratory Safety Audit Seminar
A mug with the slogan 'Elephants don't even use toothpaste!' printed on it.
A hardback copy of Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold.
My hand holding a bar magnet. Attached to the magnet are red and silver pieces of twist tie, which have formed a very beautiful pattern showing the magnetic field around the magnet.
A purple #TECHOGNITION balloon surrounded by 4 rubber ducks. They are a pharmacist, Albert Einstein, a chemist, and an IT duck.
The entrance way into a prep room. To the right is the teacher's area and whiteboard. To the left is a small bench piled with trays of science equipment ready to be distributed. Across the top of the entrance way is purple bunting and balloons.
A tattoo on my ankle, featuring a rubber duck dressed as Anne Boleyn. She is wearing Anne's iconic B necklace, her dress is green and she has a French hood covering her hair.
A lanyard decorated with a number of badges. There is a rubber duck, a lab rat (complete with lab coat and safety specs), one which says Let's Do Science, one which says Technician not Magician, and in between a golden infinity badge and a pride badge, a badge featuring the hashtag TECHOGNITION.
The front cover of the book Blood Sisters. The cover is red and features portraits of Margaret Beaufort, Margaret of York, and Elizabeth Woodville
The way into my prep room, which is behind a partition in the lab. No door to be seen.
Two different pieces of equipment used for Boyle's law, both from the same manufacturer, fitting perfectly next to each other in the same purple gratnell tray.
A joyful goblin with a massive mallet
A giant hook-a-duck style rubber duck, in the water at West India Quay in London.
Memorial to Edmond Halley
Statue of the Duke of Wellington. He is wearing a traffic cone as a jaunty hat, which I'm told is a local tradition!
A button cell in a blister pack which is labelled as child resistant
Three pringles tubes and a selection of thirteen rubber ducks.
Pieces of paper with messages on them. The paper is yellow from turmeric and the writing appears reddish orange. One of the messages says I am getting a new cat today.
A mamod model stationery engine
A rather roughly made heart-shaped keyring with a badly drawn picture of a duck on it. There is an unlit LED at the top.
Three slips of paper, each with the words Thank You printed at the top. On each slip is a handwritten thank you note from a different year 11 student.
8 balloons, carelessly abandoned on the floor in the lab.
A view of rooftops and, beyond them, Lewes Castle. The sun is just rising, and the sky is pink and lilac.
A photo collage showing four balancing bird toys made by students. Each bird toy is balancing on a student's outstretched finger.
The first month of a calendar featuring rubbish medieval drawings of cats. The cat for January has caught a rat. Possibly. It's hard to tell because it's a really rubbish drawing. The cat looks concerned, as though it might be in trouble for catching the rat.
Pringles cans, upside down with their bases removed.
A yellow cardboard 'bird' balancing on my fingertip
A tattoo of Anne Boleyn, as a rubber duck. She is wearing her characteristic French hood, her 'B' necklace and a green dress. And she is a rubber duck
A small science prep room. The work bench and sink area are both clear. This will not last.
A pewter badge of Queen Isabella
Seven fabric cracker crowns, each one made of a different festive fabric.
A fresh tattoo depicting Anne Boleyn as a rubber duck.
A homemade festive door wreath. It features baubles, fake holly and eight small rubber ducks.
Seven small rubber ducks with loops of ribbon attached to hang on the christmas tree. Two are santa, two are snowmen, one is a penguin, one is wrapped up in a scarf and hat and one is festooned with fairy lights.
Two pin badges, one showing a mole in a beaker and the other of a microscope and petri dish.
A small christmas tree decorated with rubber ducks.
Paper snowflakes, depicting dodo, turtle, seahorse, and tarantula.
Circuits, consisting of a 9v battery, a LED and homemade conducting dough.
A packet of choco leibniz biscuits.
Assessment results page on the Open University website, showing a score of 77% for my first assignment.
A tower built of spaghetti and mini marshmallows.
A selection of physics equipment is set up in the lab. There is a loudspeaker connected to a signal generator, an oscilloscope connected to a microphone, and a bell jar with an electric bell inside which is connected to a vacuum pump.
A photo of me wearing a Star Wars Christmas jumper. It features Grogu in a wintery scene.
A model bridge made of toilet roll inners, kebab skewers lolly sticks, straws and tape. The bridge is spanning the length of a purple plastic tray and a rubber duck is balanced on top. The bridge is, totally unnecessarily, constructed high above the tray.