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Plasmid Hoopla Game
Early on in our iGEM journey this Summer, we managed to secure a stall at the Big Bang Fair to showcase our project and talk about synthetic biology with local school children. We knew we wanted to incorporate a physically-interactive element into our stand to bridge the gap between P.E and Science, and avoid overcrowding our space with technology and screens - thus the Plasmid ‘Hoopla’ Game idea was born!
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With little to no budget, we used the resources available to us via our university to bring our idea to life and produced the first version of our game in the engineering workshop. Armed with the Plasmid Hoopla Game v.1 we headed to the fair where it was so well received by teachers and kids that we were invited to go to one of the schools to test our prototype further. This gave us the opportunity to get some written feedback on our game and see how it could work as a teaching tool alongside a biology lesson.
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Taking the feedback on board, we made a few modifications to our game to make it complementary to the UK GCSE syllabus, such as the addition of the base pairs and ligase enzyme tools. Now, armed with v.2 of our game, we headed to the Avonmouth summerfest to put it to the test with some of the residents there.
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Following the success of our game as an educational tool for synthetic biology practises, a speaking point to spark discussions about our project and an easily-producible visual aid for a science fair, we decided to make the game readily available to as many people/teams as possible. It was really important for us to be able to share the game with others for as little cost to them as possible - we therefore have developed a full set of assembly and play instructions so that any school/team/company/individual with access to a laser cutter and a few basic materials can make a plasmid game of their own.
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