Hi STEM Ambassadors

We have a group of 50 Year 5 and year 6 pupils (8-10 yrs) from Sawtry Junior Academy visiting the campus between 10am and 2:00 pm on the 10^th March. 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:

“Technicians activity” x 2 (30 minutes or 2 x 15 minutes rotating groups of 12 students)

An activity that shows different skills needed in your job – this could be hands on lab skills like pipetting, microscope work, animal care skills, bioinformatics or coding skills.

DNA extraction session for 25 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 for 25 students (30 minutes) x 2

Help students to make a DNA bracelet and help them to decode DNA codes.

A rough schedule is below:

Group 1 - OPEN LAB			Group 1 - DISCOVERY ZONE
10:00	10:30	11:15	12:15	12:45	13:30
Open Lab	Technicians Activities	DNA Bracelets, Code cracker	Intro to DNA and genes	DNA extraction and Investigate	Meet the expert


Group 2 - DISCOVERY ZONE			GROUP 2 - OPEN LAB
10:00	10:30	11:15	12:15	12:45	13:30
Intro to DNA and genes	DNA extraction and Investigate	Meet the expert	Open Lab	Technicians Activities	DNA Bracelets, Code cracker

I hope you can help and look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Fran

Francesca Gale
Education Development Lead

Work days: Monday to Thursday

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