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<p> Our team members also visited four local grade schools to talk to junior high students about synthetic biology, our project, and the iGEM experience. Members began with a presentation about biology basics and DNA and went on to discuss problems with water contamination due to metals. After interacting with these students during a hands-on strawberry DNA extraction experiment, our team explained how our project uses synthetic biology to detect chromium in water. Our team also spoke about the opportunities that stem from being a part of iGEM.</p>
  
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<p>Innovative educational tools and public engagement activities have the ability to discuss the science behind synthetic biology, spark new scientific curiosity and establish a public dialogue about synthetic biology from voices and views outside the lab. </p>
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<p>On this page, your team should document your Education and Public Engagement work and activities. Describe your team’s efforts to include more people in shaping synthetic biology (such as creating or building upon innovative educational tools and/or public engagement activities to establish two-way dialogue with new communities, and/or engaging new groups in discussions about synthetic biology and public values). Describe your approach, why you chose it, and what was learned by everyone involved (including yourselves!).</p>
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<p>This work may relate to or overlap with the work you document on your Human Practices page. Whereas Integrated Human Practices relates to the process of refining your project purpose and design, this page may highlight significant efforts that go beyond your particular project focus and/or address a significant broader concern in iGEM.
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<p>The Wiki Guide that our team created compiles our wiki knowledge and advice from current and past teams into a series of Youtube videos and a written guide that has helped over 15 teams this year. Its purpose is to educate current and future teams on how to design and add content to their wiki page, which allows them to better document their project and share it with the public. </p>
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<p>For more information about our wiki guide, please visit our <a href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:US_AFRL_CarrollHS/Collaborations">collaboration</a> and <a href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:US_AFRL_CarrollHS/WikiGuide">wiki guide pages</a>.</p>
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<p>For more information, please see the <a href="https://2019.igem.org/Human_Practices">Human Practices Hub</a>. There you will find:</p>
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<p>If you nominate your team for the <a href="https://2019.igem.org/Judging/Awards">Best Education and Public Engagement Special Prize</a> by filling out the corresponding field in the <a href="https://2019.igem.org/Judging/Judging_Form">judging form</a>, the judges will review this page to consider your team for that prize. The criteria are listed below. </p>
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<p>How have you developed new opportunities to include more people in shaping synthetic biology? Innovative educational tools and public engagement activities have the ability to establish a two-way dialogue with new communities by discussing public values and the science behind synthetic biology. Document your approach and what was learned by everyone involved to compete for this award.
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Revision as of 03:55, 22 October 2019




Grade School Visits

Exposing over 200 grade school students to the subject of synthetic biology

Our team members also visited four local grade schools to talk to junior high students about synthetic biology, our project, and the iGEM experience. Members began with a presentation about biology basics and DNA and went on to discuss problems with water contamination due to metals. After interacting with these students during a hands-on strawberry DNA extraction experiment, our team explained how our project uses synthetic biology to detect chromium in water. Our team also spoke about the opportunities that stem from being a part of iGEM.

Wiki Guide

Helping current and future iGEM teams communicate to the public

The Wiki Guide that our team created compiles our wiki knowledge and advice from current and past teams into a series of Youtube videos and a written guide that has helped over 15 teams this year. Its purpose is to educate current and future teams on how to design and add content to their wiki page, which allows them to better document their project and share it with the public.

For more information about our wiki guide, please visit our collaboration and wiki guide pages.

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