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Revision as of 18:37, 5 August 2016

</div></div> Building with Biology

Education




Furthering a Dialogue Between Us and the Public

Building with Biology: Port Discovery




July 30th, 2016

We volunteered at the Building with Biology Event held at Port Discovery in Baltimore, Md to raise awareness about synthetic biology among children 8 and up. We manned six tables with different activities involving synthetic biology, which are described in more depth below.

Building with Biology Activities

Our Activities

Super Organisms!

Kit of Parts

Bio Bistro

Tech Tokens

superhero station

Visitors would learn about the concept of BioBricks and versatility of engineering cells to solve global issues. They were wooden model made of poles and color-coded parts that fit on the poles. Each color had a different function like red for production and blue for sensing. A visitor would pick a challenge card with an area of research on it ranging from making synthetic blood to treating malaria. On the back of the card was a description of a solution to the chosen problem using the parts given.

bio bistro

Visitors would be introduced to a wide range of applications for synthetic biology to start a conversation among the visitors on the level of importance of each application. Each visitor at the table was given a stack of colored coins to represent their opinion. They would place all their coins on the application(s) most important to them and then we would all discuss their choices and reasoning. An additional activity was to give each person at the table a character card with occupations ranging from president of the U.S. to Canadian college student. They would repeat the process of placing coins, but this time in the mindset of the occupation they were given.