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Primary Lab Careers Day

Centre of the Cell has put together a full day of activities themed around a selection of different careers and their related skills, with a main focus on those based in laboratory settings. Start the day with our brand new Lab Skills workshop, where you learn what it’s like to work in one of the labs below your very feet in the Blizard Institute. Then put the skills you’ve learned into practice to take on the mystery of the newly redeveloped Microbe Detectives workshop. After lunch, give a wave to our resident scientists in the lab below before heading into the STEM Pod to get a glimpse at the work they’re doing through a selection of videos and interactive games.

Recommended for:

  • Ages – 8 to 11 Year Old’s
  • Key Stage – KS2
  • School Group – Year 4 to Year 6

Example Timetable:

10:00 – 11:00     Lab Skills Workshop

11:00 – 11:15     Break

11:15 – 12:15     Microbe Detectives Workshop

12:15 – 13:00     Lunch

13:00 – 14:30     STEM Pod Experience

  • Start times can be amended +/- 30 mins to suit your group

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Delivery

Available to book in our Neuron Pod and STEM Pod Experience

Neuron Pod

  • Duration – 4.5 hours
  • Maximum group size – 35 people (Inc. adults)

Accessibility Guidance:

This show contains the following materials and stimuli. 

  • Automatic pipettes require some thumb strength and precision (the activity can be done without this equipment)
  • Costumes used for some demos (e.g. lab coat, gloves, goggles)

Information for Schools:

Key stage 2 Science curriculum links
Lab skills

  • Develop investigative and observational skills – working scientifically (General)
  • Set up simple experiments (Lower KS2)

Microbe Detective

  • Develop investigative and observational skills – working scientifically (General)
  • Living things can be classified in different ways (Year 4)
  • Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common
    observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including
    microorganisms, plants and animals (Year 6)
  • Environments can change and pose dangers (Year 4)
  • Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or
    arguments (Upper KS2)

STEM Pod Experience

  • See STEM Pod Curriculum Links provided in separate document