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<div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><font size="3"><font color="#2a2a2a">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5em; background-color: initial;">&nbsp; This summer, the CityU iGEM team visited several high schools around Hong Kong to engage students in an interactive and informative module with the aim of stimulating their interest in science and promoting awareness and understanding of synthetic biology. The high school students enjoyed the talk and activities organized by our team and expressed their interest in the field of synthetic biology which is presently not covered in the high school curriculum.&nbsp;</span><br /></div>
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<div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><font>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font color="#2a2a2a" style="font-size: medium;">From our outreach program, we can observe that students are actually more knowledgeable than we thought. They do know briefly about synthetic biology and its daily application, but since not much is being explored and talked about by their teachers and peers, this issue is usually avoided. Through our interaction, it is clear that&nbsp;</font><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5em; background-color: initial;">the barrier that &nbsp;lies between synthetic biology and the younger generation &nbsp;is the lack of adequate means for proper discussion.&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><font>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5em; background-color: initial;">From the outreach program, we realized that high school students are more knowledgeable than we previously thought. They have a basic understanding of synthetic biology and its applications although there is little discussion about synthetic biology by teachers and classmates in schools. Through our interactions with high school students, it is clear that the barrier that lies between synthetic biology and the younger generation is the lack of adequate means for proper discussion.&nbsp;</span></div>
  
 
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          This summer, the CityU iGEM team visited several high schools around Hong Kong to engage students in an interactive and informative module with the aim of stimulating their interest in science and promoting awareness and understanding of synthetic biology. The high school students enjoyed the talk and activities organized by our team and expressed their interest in the field of synthetic biology which is presently not covered in the high school curriculum. 

Aims

  • Educate students about synthetic biology
  • Stimulate critical thinking of students
  • Incorporate both fun and synthetic biology together
  • Fun, fun and fun
          From the outreach program, we realized that high school students are more knowledgeable than we previously thought. They have a basic understanding of synthetic biology and its applications although there is little discussion about synthetic biology by teachers and classmates in schools. Through our interactions with high school students, it is clear that the barrier that lies between synthetic biology and the younger generation is the lack of adequate means for proper discussion. 

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