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<h2 style="font-size:79px">Human Practices: Silver</h2> | <h2 style="font-size:79px">Human Practices: Silver</h2> | ||
<h2>iGEM Summer Camp</h2> | <h2>iGEM Summer Camp</h2> | ||
− | <br><h6> Our Outreach team simultaneously held two one-week long summer camps in both genetics & environmental science and physics for elementary to middle school students. We taught the students concepts pertinent to everyday lab work | + | <br><h6> Our Outreach team simultaneously held two one-week long summer camps in both genetics & environmental science and physics for elementary to middle school students. We taught the students concepts pertinent to everyday lab work, reinforced with hands on activities, experiments, and projects. Furthermore, we taught the students fundamental biotechnology techniques, such as micropipetting, gel electrophoresis, serial dilution, growing bacteria in petri dishes, and PCR. In the physics camp we delved into concepts, such as energy, forces, light, heat, and kinetics. As a result of this camp we increased publicity of our team, project, and the field of synthetic biology as well as increasing exposure to advanced biotechnology techniques for younger students who did not have this opportunity at their own schools. We received much positive feedback from the students, and many of then expressed interest in attending another camp and in joining the iGEM team as high schoolers! We expand more about our camp and other education events under the <a href="/Team:CCA_San_Diego/Engagement">Education & Public Engagement page.</a></h6> |
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<h2>Community Survey</h2> | <h2>Community Survey</h2> | ||
− | <br><p class="tab"><h6>After one of our library STEM day events, several members of our team surveyed local community members in a Cardiff-by-the-sea market area on their opinions/pre-existing knowledge about genetic engineering. This opened a lot of interesting conversations such as discussions of the general public perception of controversial topics such as GMOs, or sparking interest in the future | + | <br><p class="tab"><h6>After one of our library STEM day events, several members of our team surveyed local community members in a Cardiff-by-the-sea market area on their opinions/pre-existing knowledge about genetic engineering. This opened a lot of interesting conversations such as discussions of the general public perception of controversial topics such as GMOs, or sparking interest in the future that Synthetic Biology holds. Coincidentally when we were talking to many people within the market area we met a man whose job was to clean oil spills (he talked about the majority of techniques used, such as the use of sponges) and from there we were more eager on meeting with companies and hear how our project could be directly implemented or would better be appreciated by someone in the field. Thus, we not only invoked public opinions but also discovered new ways we could make our project a reality in application and implementation! |
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<center><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anjalisg/IGEM/master/IGEM%20Website/assets/img/CCA%20iGEM%202017%20STEM%20Day%20Survey.png" width="60%" height="auto"></center> | <center><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anjalisg/IGEM/master/IGEM%20Website/assets/img/CCA%20iGEM%202017%20STEM%20Day%20Survey.png" width="60%" height="auto"></center> |
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