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Abstract
School students lack information about STEM based careers, a subject that is not sufficiently embedded in the national science curriculum. As a result, students feel they receive insufficient advice to support their choice of subjects at GCSE level and beyond. Students struggle to envisage potential career pathways leading on from studying science at school, and especially for younger students it is difficult to convey typical science-based career pictures in a way that is easily accessible to them. To address this need, we developed an interactive team-based activity which uses role play to help students envisage typical work processes within a science-based career—microbial quality control in a pharmaceutical industrial environment. This activity addresses children’s curiosity about science-based careers, by enabling them to experience typical every day work processes in an industrial environment in a hands-on fashion. Additionally, the activity helps to convey abstract concepts, such as the abundance of microbes in the natural environment, microbial contamination and the importance of hygiene, which link to the science curriculum.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 263-265 |
Journal | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2015 |
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Molecular mechanisms modulating host epithelial integrity in response to bacterial adhesion
Lovering, A. (Principal Investigator)
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
1/08/15 → 31/07/18
Project: Research Councils
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Molecular and functional characterization of protein-lipid interactions at the bacterial host interface
Krachler, A.-M. (Principal Investigator)
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
1/04/14 → 31/03/17
Project: Research Councils