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+ | <p1><i>Farmwell Station Science teachers Mrs. Currier (left), our iGEM team member Marissa Sumathipala, Ms. O’ Malley (Right) with the Building with Biology kits. </i></p1> | ||
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<p1>Having completed our Building with Biology public events in the beginning of October, we gave our kit activities to Farmwell’s biology teachers. They will use it in the coming years. We will assist them with running the first few classes, until they are comfortable with the synthetic biology content that lies behind the activities. We will use Farmwell as a model to implement Building with Biology kits into other local middle schools.</p1> | <p1>Having completed our Building with Biology public events in the beginning of October, we gave our kit activities to Farmwell’s biology teachers. They will use it in the coming years. We will assist them with running the first few classes, until they are comfortable with the synthetic biology content that lies behind the activities. We will use Farmwell as a model to implement Building with Biology kits into other local middle schools.</p1> | ||
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<h2>2. Synthetic Biology Public Forum at High Schools with Building With Biology Project </h2> | <h2>2. Synthetic Biology Public Forum at High Schools with Building With Biology Project </h2> | ||
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<p1>Given the positive impact of the first two public forums at Broad Run high school, as documented in our Building with Biology outreach section, we have gathered additional web content to supplement the Building with Biology kit and are taking it to Stone Bridge high school for use in their Independent science research and research biology classes. The forum stands to draw students into the debate on the larger questions associated with synthetic biology technology, the risks, safety, sustainability, regulation, and benefits. Through thought provoking questions and open discussion from gene drives, engineering mosquitoes or the Zika virus, to topics on applications in agriculture, energy, and health, the goal of the public forum will be to raise awareness, learn, and get engaged in the public discussions on synthetic biology. </p1> | <p1>Given the positive impact of the first two public forums at Broad Run high school, as documented in our Building with Biology outreach section, we have gathered additional web content to supplement the Building with Biology kit and are taking it to Stone Bridge high school for use in their Independent science research and research biology classes. The forum stands to draw students into the debate on the larger questions associated with synthetic biology technology, the risks, safety, sustainability, regulation, and benefits. Through thought provoking questions and open discussion from gene drives, engineering mosquitoes or the Zika virus, to topics on applications in agriculture, energy, and health, the goal of the public forum will be to raise awareness, learn, and get engaged in the public discussions on synthetic biology. </p1> | ||
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<h2>3. Mentoring Program at Middle School by Broad Run iGEM Team</h2> | <h2>3. Mentoring Program at Middle School by Broad Run iGEM Team</h2> | ||
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<p1>Provide overview of on research process through an informational presentation. </p1> | <p1>Provide overview of on research process through an informational presentation. </p1> | ||
− | <p1>A Power Point presentation was made detailing the research process; topic selection, background research, focused research question/identification of research problem, experimental design, developing well documented procedures, data collection and analysis, and conclusions. Also included was our iGEM project illustrating this research process from conception of an idea to making conclusions. This Power Point presentation has been made | + | <p1>A Power Point presentation was made detailing the research process; topic selection, background research, focused research question/identification of research problem, experimental design, developing well documented procedures, data collection and analysis, and conclusions. Also included was our iGEM project illustrating this research process from conception of an idea to making conclusions. This Power Point presentation has been made available to the students and teachers of FSMS.</p1> |
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<li2 style="font-size:20px";>- Meet students on a regular basis before school to discuss their work, check their progress, help the work through and solve problems, and overall provide advice</li2> | <li2 style="font-size:20px";>- Meet students on a regular basis before school to discuss their work, check their progress, help the work through and solve problems, and overall provide advice</li2> | ||
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<li2 style="font-size:20px";>- Keep students motivated and excited to discover, explore, and solve problems critically</li2> | <li2 style="font-size:20px";>- Keep students motivated and excited to discover, explore, and solve problems critically</li2> | ||
<li2 style="font-size:20px";>- Provide support to the students’ and teachers to communicate their research at Farmwell's culminating Science Research Symposium</li2> | <li2 style="font-size:20px";>- Provide support to the students’ and teachers to communicate their research at Farmwell's culminating Science Research Symposium</li2> | ||
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<p1>The first meeting with the students at Farmwell Station Middle School was held September 27 at the school library. We walked the students through the research process using our power point presentation. We were surprised by the number of students that showed up to this before-school meeting; there were over 25 students. During the discussion portion, some students talked about their topics of interest from plate tectonics to osmosis to computer graphics. In the coming meetings, as the students progress with their projects, we will get to know them better and provide more specialized one-on-one advice.</p1> | <p1>The first meeting with the students at Farmwell Station Middle School was held September 27 at the school library. We walked the students through the research process using our power point presentation. We were surprised by the number of students that showed up to this before-school meeting; there were over 25 students. During the discussion portion, some students talked about their topics of interest from plate tectonics to osmosis to computer graphics. In the coming meetings, as the students progress with their projects, we will get to know them better and provide more specialized one-on-one advice.</p1> |
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