BiobuilderR

to teach synthetic biology in high school and early college settings

09.26.10NKuldell and JDixon

SynBERC Retreat

“Adventures” then “biobuilder”

“Visitors to the website self-navigate within five topic areas to relevant animations, podcasts, primary journal articles, and news reports”

biobuilding curriculum

http://openwetware.org/wiki/BioBuilding:_Synthetic_Biology_for_Students

http://openwetware.org/wiki/BioBuilding:_Synthetic_Biology_for_Teachers

biobuilding: essay assignments

• Promise and Perils • Design

Do the potential contributions to society warrant the potential risks inherent in synthetic biology?

Identify a problem or challenge that can be addressed through synthetic biology, then design a system to solve it.

biobuilding: hands-on activities• Eau that smell

• iTune

• Picture this

• What a colorful world

biobuilding: hands-on activities• Eau that smell

• iTune

• Picture this

• What a colorful world

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biobuilding: hands-on activities• Eau that smell

• iTune

• Picture this

• What a colorful world

54 + inverter 70

biobuilding: hands-on activities• Eau that smell

• iTune

• Picture this

• What a colorful world

54 + inverter 70

biobuilding: hands-on activities• Eau that smell

• iTune

• Picture this

• What a colorful world

54 + inverter 70

biobuilding: hands-on activities• Eau that smell

• iTune

Variations for

resource-strapped schools

Please help with the next stepsDissemination•Point teachers you know in this direction•Teacher training, summer 2011 (volunteers?)

Development•New labs and topic ideas always welcome•Facebook/Twitter help•Support OWW where content is housed

If all goes well, project will outgrow my labSend thoughts on how to grow this resource

Sincere thanks to many!Adventures/animations teamDrew EndyIsadora DeeseReshma ShettyRebecca AdamsMIT SBWGChuck Wadey

Animated StoryBoards teamEzra KrauzBerhan DagnewDan Pack

Website teamChris DeFrancescoMax AntinoriJenny Nguyen

Lab ContentJustin BuckGinkgo BioworksiGEM teams around the world

Jim Dixonand his adventurous seniors at

Sharon HS

Handoff to Kate

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