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LEGO Robotics (KS3)
This one-day campus visit, aimed at Y7, will offer students the opportunity to learn more about robotics.
Students will be provided with LEGO Spike Prime sets and given a variety of challenges from constructing different robots to coding different actions with word blocks. Each group will also get a chance for their constructed and programmed robots to compete against one another.
Each visit can accommodate between 20 to 30 students and will last from 10am to 2pm. To book this visit, please email our STEM team at outreach@kent.ac.uk with your preferred dates.
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BioBlitz (KS3)
This one-day campus visit, aimed at Y8, will offer students the opportunity to identify different species in the university woodlands.
Students will be provided with a survey kit and tasked with conducting a biodiversity survey looking at trees, insects, fungi and evidence of animal occupation. They will learn about the purpose and importance of such surveys for wildlife conservation, and pool together their observations to create a comprehensive overview of the surveyed area.
Each visit can accommodate between 20 to 30 students and will last from 10am to 2pm. To book this visit, please email our STEM team at outreach@kent.ac.uk with your preferred dates.
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STEM Debating (KS4)
This one-day campus visit, aimed at Y10 & Y11, will offer students the opportunity to consider the ethical concerns presented in the GCSE Science curriculum.
Provided with pre-made research packs, students will have the opportunity to create and present persuasive arguments. They will be arguing for or against a fictious new national policy in a structured debate where they will need to address the opposing team’s arguments while presenting their own.
Each visit can accommodate between 20 to 30 students and will last from 10am to 2pm. To book this visit, please email our STEM team at outreach@kent.ac.uk with your preferred dates.
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Bioscience Practicals (KS4)
These one-day science practicals provide students with the opportunity to complete a more advanced version of curriculum required practicals whilst learning how these techniques are utilised in real-life research.
Thursday 8th of January 2025: Microscopy
During this visit, students will be given the chance to conduct light microscopy in our bioscience undergraduate teaching laboratories. They will also be given the opportunity to visit our Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) facility, our Confocal Microscopy facility and our Tissue Culture facility.
Tuesday 31st of March 2025: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?
During this visit, aimed at teaching the principles of scientific enquiry, students will be given the opportunity to perform PCR and electrophoresis in our undergraduate bioscience teaching laboratories to solve a theoretical murder. There are three suspects, whom the forensic team has collected DNA samples from, and the students will be tasked with testing whether or not they are a match to the DNA found at the crime scene.
Each visit will take place at our Canterbury campus and last from 9.30am to approximately 2.30pm. We do have limited spots available due to lab capacity, so we recommend booking at your earliest convenience. Each school will be able to bring up towards 15 students each unless agreed otherwise. To book onto one or both of the visits, please email STEM team at outreach@kent.ac.uk with your estimated number of students.
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GENE (KS5/College)
Our hugely popular GENE programme returns once more. Over the course of three lab sessions, students will be given the opportunity to purify a genetically engineered antibody fragment which binds to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, chemically modify the antibody fragment and finally carry out an ELISA to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
This is a brilliant opportunity for Y12/L3 students studying either biology or chemistry. All three sessions will take place on our Canterbury campus from 9.30am to approximately 3pm. As the sessions build upon one-another, we ask that schools/colleges commit to all three.
The dates are:
- Friday 9th of January
- Wednesday 1st of April
- Tuesday 30th of June
We do have limited spots available due to lab capacity, so we recommend booking at your earliest convenience. Each school will be able to bring up towards 15 students each unless agreed otherwise. To enrol onto the GENE programme, please email STEM team at outreach@kent.ac.uk with your estimated number of students.