UCL Primary School Outreach in Microbiology
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5th July For the last of the three main learning activities, we focussed on the very topical concepts of vaccines and herd immunity. We used an activity that was deemed a bit ‘experimental’ by our IoE experts, especially for this Continue reading Vaccines and Herd Immunity
What’s it like to work in a microbiology lab? Take a tour with PhD student, Marco Crisci. Acknowledgements: Marco Crisci; Joanne Santini Lab; UCL Department of Structural and Molecular Biology (Darwin Building). Filmed and edited by China Hanson.
30th June Classroom Activity For this activity, we sent pre-made nutrient agar petri dishes to the school. Teachers instructed the children to touch their hand to the first plate, then clean their hands with alcohol-based hand sanitiser before touching to Continue reading Hand Hygiene and Skin Microbiome
14th June 2021 This was our introductory activity to get the children to: Start engaging in inquiry-based science Appreciate good microbes and understand that most microbes are NOT harmful. (An essential microbiology concept that is particularly important not to neglect Continue reading Helpful Microbes and Bread-Making
Welcome to our blog, where we will be posting refelctions on our school outreach activities in microbiology. These posts represent a collaboaration between the Microbiology@UCL Domain, UCL Innovation & Enterprise, UCL Institute of Education, Aveley Primary School, and the Little Continue reading Welcome