Engagement
Maker Faire: Building With Biology
iGEM Open House
Lambert iGEM introduced its 2017 project to companies, parents, and students in our community. Individuals were able to conduct lab protocols and work on lab techniques such as gel electrophoresis and micropipetting. Furthermore, Lambert iGEM held a banquet for Lambert iGEM graduates.
Regional Education Service Agencies
At RESA, a professional learning agency focused on improving the work of educators, our team met with science educators across the region and held a workshop on synthetic biology. Throughout our presentation, we focused on how teachers could integrate synthetic biology curriculum into high school classrooms. In order to do this, we introduced the teachers to iGEM and told them how they could start a team at their own school. We also showed them how to perform a simple pipetting lab that could be recreated in their classroom. Our iGEM team also explained our current project by creating an actual electrical circuit displaying the pathway our synthetic biology mechanism follows. Our overall purpose was to expose more high school science teachers to iGEM, as well as encourage them to include more synthetic biology based lab experiments and learning into their lesson plans.