Hi Everyone
We have a group of Year 6 (age 10 - 11) students visiting from Gt Abington Primary School on the 5th February. We would like to host a "meet the expert" session with the students where they meet different staff from across the campus to find out about different jobs and careers.
The session will be taking place 11:15 - 12:00 in the Discovery Zone.
There will be groups of students rotating around 4 or 5 scientists. Your role is to give 4 x 10 minute Q and A sessions about your job, using props or aides to explain what you do. We recommend that you spend 5 minutes talking and leave 5 minutes for the students to ask questions. We will give them prompter questions if they are shy!
Please could you let me know if you are interested in being involved.
Thanks for your help.
Best wishes
Fran
Francesca Gale
Education Development Lead
Work days: Monday to Thursday
Tel: +44 (0)1223 496997
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Hi STEM Ambassadors
We have a group of 60 Year 5 and year 6 pupils (8-10 yrs) visiting the campus between 10am and 2:30 pm. We are running parallel activities with the group across the campus. We are looking for STEM Ambassadors who could support the visiting by taking part in or running the following activities:
DNA extraction session and Investigate activity for 30 students x 2
Help students to extract DNA from a strawberry using household items and help them to carry out a variation investigation and report their results
Meet the expert (30 minutes) x 2
Groups of students rotate around different staff working at the campus to find out more about what they do as a job.
DNA bracelets and code crackers (30 minutes) x 2
Help students to make a DNA bracelet and help them to decode DNA codes.
A rough timetable is shown below:
Group 1 (30)
Group 2 (30)
10:00
Open Lab
Intro to DNA and genes
FG
10:30
Technician skills activities
Staff Recruited
DNA extraction and Investigate
FG + 3 ambassadors needed
11:15
Break
Break
11:30
DNA sequence bracelets and code crackers
AD + 2 Ambassadors
Meet the expert
3 - 5 ambassadors needed
12:00
12:45
Intro to DNA and genes
FG
Open Lab
13;15
DNA extraction and Investigate
FG + 3 ambassadors needed
Technician skills activities
Staff Recruited
14:00
Meet the expert
3 - 5 ambassadors needed
DNA sequence bracelets and code crackers
AD + 2 Ambassadors
14:30
Depart
Depart
Any of these activities can be recorded for your activity log.
If you are interested in being involved please contact me.
Best wishes
Fran
Francesca Gale
Education Development Lead
Work days: Monday to Thursday
Tel: +44 (0)1223 496997
Wellcome Genome Campus Public Engagement | Wellcome Genome Campus | Hinxton | Cambridgeshire | CB10 1SA | UK
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