DNA Detectives with Pauline Charman

Put on a lab coat and solve the mystery of a sighting of an endangered salamander fish using high-tech DNA equipment!

Do you love forensics? Would you like to be part of this fun hands REAL DNA lab? Put on the lab coat and gloves like a REAL scientist and take a deep dive into the world of DNA in this fun activity designed for curious and intelligent minds.

Using the very same real equipment used by scientists and forensic lab technicians, let's solve the mystery of a mysterious sighting of a unique and sneaky fish that's native to the wetlands of this biodiverse region.

Date: Monday, the 17th of April 2023

Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Price: $15 per child, adults to accompany children (concession/free tickets available, please contact us)

What to bring:

Water Bottle
Hat
Wear closed-in shoes
Wear long sleeve shirt and trousers

Provided: Lab coats and all scientific equipment required for this workshop.

Suitable age groups: 12-year-old and older children accompanied by adults

Event location: The Wetlands Centre Cockburn, 184 Hope Road, Bibra Lake WA 6163

GET WILD ABOUT WETLANDS

The Wetlands Centre Cockburn conducts Get Wild About Wetlands school holiday programs every school term break. offers a range of exciting educational sessions, hands-on activities, and eco-walks, talks and night stalks, activities which focus on our wetlands! Registrations are essential. Be quick as sessions book out fast!

This program is made possible thanks to State Natural Resource Management Program WA.
Supported by the City of Cockburn.

About the Presenter

WiTWA Inspiring Role Model Award winner 2019, Pauline is an experienced, passionate science educator with a unique skill set and ability in the area of biotechnology and biomedical science education.

Pauline has recently started a new venture, her own start-up education-focused social enterprise. BioBarcode Australia is a biotechnology education consultancy aiming to provide Australian schools with innovative, authentic and inter-disciplinary projects. These projects will involve all age groups in real-world projects that contribute to the development of ‘future-ready’ mindsets and skills, while also fostering environmental awareness and stewardship. She began researching the latest pedagogical approaches to Australian STEM-focused education in addition to identifying the latest global developments in biotechnology. Combining the two, Pauline’s business embraces the provision of problem/project-based learning pedagogy with a hands-on, global biotechnology project - DNA barcoding.