Team:Sheffield/outreach
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Outreach
Manchester
Introduction
15:00 - 15:05
We introduced ourselves and what we do to the students.
Synthetic biology presentation
15:05 - 15:25
Our presentation consisted of:
• What is synthetic biology?
• How the BioBrick registry works
• Examples of previous iGEM
projects
Group work activity
15:25 - 15:35
We asked the students to divide into groups of 3/4 to brainstorm about problems they would solve with synthetic biology.
Feedback
15:35 - 15:40
One member of each group explained the ideas they had discussed back to the class.
"Fatberglars" presentation
15:40 - 15:55
We gave a presentation of our project to the students, consisting of:
• The problems caused by fatbergs
• How we are solving this problem
• The social/ethical ideas we considered in our project
Q&A session
15:55 - 16:00
We answered questions posed to us by the students.
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Porto
Introduction to iGEM and DNA
10 mins
Short presentation about who we are, what we have been doing over summer (iGEM) and DNA
• This will introduce the concept of DNA and it’s importance
'Case studies'
20 mins
• Give students examples of previous iGEM teams, the science and QAs on these.
Introduction to Synthetic Biology
10 mins
Introduce the concepts of synthetic biology and how it can be used in real life to solve a problem – provide our project as an example
Group discussion
10 mins
Split the class into smaller groups to come up with ideas about what problems synthetic biology could/should solve
• This will give the students a chance to explore how this technology can be beneficial
• Group work encourages interaction with other students to develop ideas further
Plenary
10 mins
Feedback to the class; use whiteboard to ask students to come up and write their ideas. Summarise what DNA is, how synthetic biology works and its potential applications
‘Life in University and Q&A’
5 mins
• Tell students what degrees they can pursue that may give them an opportunity to work in the area of SynBio.
• Give example of what kind of jobs they can go on to have after University
• Give students an idea of what life as a University student is like.
• Opportunity for questions about presentation
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