Team:Arizona State/Outreach

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Outreach and Collaborations

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

A) Meeting One: (Tailored for Advanced Biology/Biotechnology classes)

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

Explain our reason for coming in and talking to the class
Introduce the team and iGEM competition
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.)
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)
Talk about the High School division of the iGEM competition
Talk about creating a biotechnology journal club that could turn into an iGEM team

B) Meeting Two:

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

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

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

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