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Atlanta Science Festival is an annual event held in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia that invites families and people from all over the community to learn about science in an exciting way! All kinds of science organizations, companies, and schools have a table set up with some sort of activity planned for the participants to take part in to expand their scientific knowledge! Discovery Day aims to achieves the same goal but is held at Georgia State University and is organized by its faculty and students.

There are some high schools in the Atlanta area that are poorly funded and are unable to provide many STEM opportunities for their students. These schools often have students who are underrepresented in STEM and some who may not even consider college an option after graduation. The GSU iGEM team was invited to come and give a presentation about our project and undergraduate research in general. We were hoping to inspire the students at Cross Keys High School to give them a better understanding of what undergraduate research is like and to help them see themselves as the scientists of tomorrow. We are also working to get a biotechnology class started there to help them get a head start.