Post-16 Programme
Regular Programming
Travel & Tourism Masterclasses - BTEC/Diploma/City&Guilds
During this session students will take part in a range of activities to uncover the functions of The Museum. This can be tailored to cover Customer Service or Marketing modules and can be scheduled for a full day or half day session.
Please get in touch with Cat Lumb on 0161 3061765 for availability and more information.
Cost: £100 half day, £150 full day.
PCR
This workshops enables your students to get practical experience of carrying out the modern genetic research technique Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR, led by PhD students from the University of Manchester. Students extract DNA from their own cheek cells, which is amplified and analysed using agarose gel electrophoresis. Students also have the opportunity to explore current research applications of PCR and discuss some ethical issues associated with the manipulation of DNA.
Session Length: 5 hours (10am to 3pm), Cost: £150, Max. 20 students
To see this PCR session in action, check out our video
Genetic Engineering
This workshop enables your students to get practical experience of modern genetic engineering techniques, led by PhD students from the University of Manchester. Students will carry out a restriction enzyme digest and visualise the results using agarose gel electrophoresis. They will also explore the moral and ethical issues surrounding genetic engineering and considers the current research applications.
Session Length: 3 hours, Cost: £100, Max. 20 students
Cells, Senses and C.elegans (AS/A2 biology or equivalent)
In this exclusive study day, 3rd Year undergraduate students from the University of Manchester will run a selection of hands-on, interactive workshops focussing on exploring further different aspects the A-Level syllabus and relating it to current scientific research. Students will rotate round the different activities in a carousel fashion to make a fast paced and interesting day . Topics covered during the day include stem cells, developmental biology, HIV and the immune system, the eye and female reproductive system. This study day would make an excellent National Science and Engineering Week activity.
Free of charge. Full Day: 10am - 2:30pm Thursday 22nd March 2012
Engage with the Experts Series
These sessions allow students to interact with practising professionals from both the Museum and the University of Manchester to explore the real life applications of their AS and A2 studies. Study Days are free of charge.
To see the Engage with the Experts sessions in action, check out our video
Our A-Levels are very popular and book up very quickly. If you are interested in attending one of these events, please get in touch and you will be the first to be informed as soon as new dates are released.
Study Day: The Hard Cell - Considerations for Stem Cell research (AS/A2 biology or equivalent)
A unique opportunity for students to find out more about stem cells and the ethics of using these cells in novel treatments thought a series of thought provoking debates and lectures from scientists from the University of Manchester.
Half Day: 10am to 1pm
Dates available: 8th November 2011, 6th March 2012, 27th March 2012
Study Day: A Breath of Fresh Air - exploring issues surrounding medical research (AS/A2 biology or equivalent)
By working with practising scientists from the University of Manchester, students will investigate a variety of issues that surround medical research. Using interactive debates and hands-on practical workshops, this study day covers topics such as genetic diseases, contemporary research techniques and gene therapy.
Half Day: 10am to 1pm
Dates available: 22nd November 2011, 7th December 2011
Study Day: Frogs and Physics (AS/A2 biology or physics or equivalent)
In this study day, students will get first-hand experience of working with our live animal collection, taking scientific measurements using research equipment and uncovering how it translates to conservation in action. Through a series of talks and practical activities, students will work with research scientists from The University of Manchester to utilise the museum’s collection to understand how research is undertaken.
Full Day: 10am to 3pm
Dates available: 15th November 2011, 16th November 2011
Study Day: A Sustainable World? (AS/A2 biology, general studies, geography, English, economics, business studies or equivalent)
In this study day, the Museum’s collection will be used as a platform for examining the way resources are utilised across the globe. Through a series of talks from university researchers on the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability, students will devise a campaign to tackle the challenges that are facing our world. It also offers an opportunity to find out how current research is confronting these topical issues.
Full Day: 10am to 3pm
Dates available: 27th April 2012, 26th June 2012
Study Day: Genes to Phenotype (AS/A2 biology or equivalent)
Working with scientists from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research at the University of Manchester, your students will be able to carry out practical experimentations that reflects current research techniques and find out more about life as a scientists though a series of lectures and discussions.
Half Day: 10am to 1pm
Dates available: 3rd February 2012, 10th February 2012
To see the Genes to Phenotype session in action, check out this video
Study Day: Investigative Geology (AS/A2 Geology or equivalent)
Bring Geology A-Level to life through a series of interactive activities and workshops using our spectacular palaeontology and geology collection led by experts from The Manchester Museum. Focussing on skills and knowledge required for the A-Level syllabus, this study day enables your students to find out more whilst having the opportunity to go behind the scenes and see the real life applications of their studies. You can select from the following activities:
Fossil drawing master class, Understanding and interpreting fossils, Dinosaurs footprints, Unravelling Quaternary Climate Change
Available as a half day (10am to 1pm) or a full day (10am to 3pm) workshop
Dates available on request
Study Day: Applications of Genetics (AS/A2 biology or equivalent)
Through a series of talks and debates, your students will discover how their studies translate into real research and medical applications. Students will have the opportunity to further their appreciation of their scientific study by participating in a laboratory practical hosted within the Faculty of Life Sciences led by practicing scientists.
Full day: 10am to 3pm
Dates available: Thursday 26th January 2012
Please get in touch with Alexa Jeanes on 0161 3061764 for availability and to book any of the above workshops or A-Level Study Days.
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