Team:Arizona State/Outreach/Outreach in Practice

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Outreach in Practice


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August 12, 2011:

  • 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!

September 12, 2011:

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

September 17, 2011:

  • 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.

September 26, 2011:

  • 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.