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From 2011.igem.org

Outreach and Collaborations

iGEM Outreach: http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM_Outreach

Exploring Synthetic Biology: High School Curriculum

This curriculum is tailored to high school students with a strong background in biology and are currently enrolled in an advanced biology or biotechnology course at their high school. Access to a biotechnology lab is preferred so that students are able to put techniques they learn into practice.

A) Meeting One:

[Ready-to-use Presentation: http://prezi.com/bqt1cvldirvh/exploring-synthetic-biology-part-1/]

1. Explain our reason for coming in and talking to the class
2. Introduce the team and iGEM competition
3. Ask some questions to the class (What interests you about biology? If you could create an organism to do anything you want, what would you make? etc.)
4. Introduction to Synthetic Biology

   • What is synbio?
   • Why is it a relatively new field?
   • Biobricks – what they are and why they’re useful
   • Other resources (Journals, Scitables, etc)

5. Talk about the High School division of the iGEM competition
6. Talk about creating a biotechnology journal club that could turn into an iGEM team

B) Meeting Two:

1. Cornell University’s Ethics in SynBio Lesson Plan (found on the iGEM Outreach website)

   • Add in Colbert Report Interview - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as a multimedia aspect of the presentation [http://media.mtvnservices.com/player/prime/mediaplayerprime.1.9.2.swf?uri=mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:267542&type=normal&ref=None&geo=US&group=entertainment&&CONFIG_URL=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.mtvnservices.com%2fpmt%2fe1%2fplayers%2fmgid%3acms%3aitem%3acomedycentral.com%3a%2fconfig.xml%3furi%3dmgid%3acms%3aitem%3acomedycentral.com%3a267542%26type%3dnormal%26ref%3dNone%26geo%3dUS%26group%3dentertainment%26]

2. Intro to the iGEM website, Parts Registry, and Open Wet Ware
3. Talk about Lab Safety in SynBio

C) Meeting Three (after high school students cover genetics):

1. Ask students what kind of techniques they’ve used in their school labs during class
2. Introduction to Techniques in SynBio
3. Lab demonstration

• GFP transformation, etc.

Outreach in Practice

Bioscience High School, our first high school partner that we presented to on August 12th, has started their own iGEM club!'