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 10th 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 Tel: +44 (0)1223 496997 Wellcome Genome Campus Public Engagement | Wellcome Genome Campus | Hinxton | Cambridgeshire | CB10 1SA | UK www.wellcomegenomecampus.org/publicengagement<http://www.wellcomegenomec… Follow WGCengage on Twitter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com… | Instagram<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.insta… [cid:image003.jpg@01D5E0D4.2F4D6EB0] Wellcome Genome Campus Public Engagement is part of Connecting Science, which enables everyone to explore genomic science and its impact on research, health and society.