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| - | In order to achieve a silver or gold medal, the judging criteria states that we must, amongst other things, “approach the issue of human practice”. Safety, security and ethics OR ownership, sharing and innovation are the areas specified. | + | <p style="color:#FFFFFF">In order to achieve a silver or gold medal, the judging criteria states that we must, amongst other things, “approach the issue of human practice”. Safety, security and ethics OR ownership, sharing and innovation are the areas specified. |
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As a team we decided that public engagement would be a great way to share aspects of our project and we aim to do this through outreach activities working specifically with primary school children. Our aim is to improve knowledge and understanding of not only biological sciences but synthetic biology in particular. Our activities will be held during term time to engage with school children and encourage them to think about synthetic biology. They will then have the chance to apply their knowledge and design and create an organism of their own. | As a team we decided that public engagement would be a great way to share aspects of our project and we aim to do this through outreach activities working specifically with primary school children. Our aim is to improve knowledge and understanding of not only biological sciences but synthetic biology in particular. Our activities will be held during term time to engage with school children and encourage them to think about synthetic biology. They will then have the chance to apply their knowledge and design and create an organism of their own. | ||
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Our first event took place at Avenue Junior School on Thursday 21st July. This was a two hour session held in the afternoon with a year 5 class. The activities are now being developed in order to target older age groups, such as secondary school and sixth form students, for which we have arranged for other local teachers and lecturers to continue our work. We are also currently planning a synthetic biology based science, art and writing project for Wednesday 14th September at Carbrooke primary school. | Our first event took place at Avenue Junior School on Thursday 21st July. This was a two hour session held in the afternoon with a year 5 class. The activities are now being developed in order to target older age groups, such as secondary school and sixth form students, for which we have arranged for other local teachers and lecturers to continue our work. We are also currently planning a synthetic biology based science, art and writing project for Wednesday 14th September at Carbrooke primary school. | ||
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Outreach…taking synthetic biology to the younger generation!!!
In order to achieve a silver or gold medal, the judging criteria states that we must, amongst other things, “approach the issue of human practice”. Safety, security and ethics OR ownership, sharing and innovation are the areas specified.
As a team we decided that public engagement would be a great way to share aspects of our project and we aim to do this through outreach activities working specifically with primary school children. Our aim is to improve knowledge and understanding of not only biological sciences but synthetic biology in particular. Our activities will be held during term time to engage with school children and encourage them to think about synthetic biology. They will then have the chance to apply their knowledge and design and create an organism of their own.
Our first event took place at Avenue Junior School on Thursday 21st July. This was a two hour session held in the afternoon with a year 5 class. The activities are now being developed in order to target older age groups, such as secondary school and sixth form students, for which we have arranged for other local teachers and lecturers to continue our work. We are also currently planning a synthetic biology based science, art and writing project for Wednesday 14th September at Carbrooke primary school.
