Team:Arizona State/Outreach/Outreach in Practice

8/12/11:

• First outreach meeting with [http://www.phoenixunion.org/education/school/school.php?sectiondetailid=16413&linkid=nav-menu-container-4-25577 Bioscience High School], our first high school partner.
• We presented our Exploring Synthetic Biology curriculum to a Biotechnology class and encouraged them to start their own iGEM team.
• Bioscience High School has started their own high school iGEM team for the high school division!

9/12/11:

• Bioscience High School has decided their iGEM project for the year!

9/17/11:

• First outreach meeting with an Honors and AP Biology class at [http://chs.vail.k12.az.us/ Cienega High School] in Tucson!
• Introduction to Synthetic Biology and its applications, bacterial genetics, and basic lab techniques.

9/26/11:

• Second meeting with Bioscience High School.
• Met with their iGEM team and advisor and introduced more basics of synthetic biology, the [http://partsregistry.org/Main_Page Registry of Standard Biological Parts], and restriction and ligation techniques.
• Gave the team advice and feedback on their project and introduced resources they can use to get started.