{"id":1118,"date":"2014-07-04T10:08:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T09:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2014-11-26T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T10:30:39","slug":"talking-molecular-parasitology-year-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/2014\/07\/04\/talking-molecular-parasitology-year-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking molecular parasitology with year 9&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stemnet.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">STEMnet<\/a> back in March, becoming a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stemnet.org.uk\/ambassadors\/\" target=\"_blank\">STEM ambassador<\/a>, which all sounds rather grand, but basically involves engaging school children and their teachers in the application of science. I did a talk to a group of year 7s back in <a title=\"The Zombie Apocalypse!\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/2013\/12\/10\/the-zombie-apocalypse\/\">November 2013<\/a>, enjoyed the experience and thought I should make it a more regular thing.<\/p>\n<p>In June I got the chance to up the ante &#8211; talking to four year 9 classes at <a href=\"http:\/\/heartlands.haringey.sch.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heartlands High School<\/a>, Wood Green, about what I do: molecular parasitology. It was also an opportunity to show them that studying science at any level is useful, not only for their future careers, but also can give them a greater appreciation of the world around them.<\/p>\n<p>What did I learn? Year 9 are a lot more challenging than year 7! But, just as enthusiastic when they get going. And, they love the gross stuff &#8211; after all, if we&#8217;re honest, it&#8217;s probably what drew our attention to parasites in the first place! 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