Cell EXPLORERS UL


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The Cell EXPLORERS UL team brings the Fantastic DNA School Roadshow to primary schools around Limerick.
Visits can take place during Spring 2020 and later on this autumn around the time of National Science Week in November 2020.
About
The Cell EXPLORERS University of Limerick (UL) team was established in April 2015 and is based in the Life Sciences building of UL. It was developed through collaboration with the Course Director for Science Education in UL, Dr. Audrey O'Grady. You can learn more about the Department of Biological Sciences here.
The team has consistently brought the Fantastic DNA School Roadshow to primary schools near Limerick city during National Science Week since November 2015. In 2020, it will continue the outreach activities to more schools around Limerick. Learn more about the past school visits of the team and the evaluation feedback they have received in the infographic section.
The Team
Dr. Audrey O'Grady coordinates the team with the help of Stephanie Brosnan and Samantha Prior, all members of the Department of Biological Sciences in UL, with strong backgrounds in teaching and interests in community engagement outside the university.
Together with her team of volunteers, Audrey will be engaging and inspiring primary school children around Limerick city, teaching them about DNA and helping them perform DNA extractions in their own classrooms!

Cell EXPLORERS UL team members 2015!
School Visits
During 2019, UL Cell ExPLORERS team delivered 3 school visits engaging with 159 children in 5 classes.
In 2018, the team hosted four schools from counties in Limerick and Clare on campus as part of the National Science Week.
The first UL Cell EXPLORERS school visit took place in April 2015 to Scoil Íde, Corbally as a training visit with the coordinators from the NUI Galway team. The team went on to do two further Fantastic DNA school visits in October and November 2015 to Salesian Primary School and Monaleen NS and hosted two schools at Fantastic DNA workshops at the University of Limerick (Buree NS and Castleconnell NS).
Map of school visits by the Cell EXPLORERS UL Team in 2019

Since then, the team has been active in Limerick and the surrounding counties bringing the Fantastic DNA Roadshow to primary schools of the area and hosting classes in the UL labs on campus.
2018 Infographic of the UL Cell EXPLORERS School Roadshow
2017 Infographic of the UL Cell EXPLORERS School Roadshow
Check the team impact and the feedback from schools !

All Children and teachers visited have a chance to provide us with feedback on the visit. This helps us to evaluate the quality and impact of our visits!
A summary infographics is generated for each team every year. It shows the metrics of the team activity, highlighting children's and teacher's experience by summarising their feedback and includes pictures from school visits.
Click on the links to discover the UL team visits over the past years.
UL Team training visit to Scoil Íde
Past Cell EXPLORERS UL members
Samantha Prior
Cell EXPLORERS UL co-coordinator
2015-2019