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Revision as of 19:52, 25 September 2013
Wellesley HCI iGEM 2013Outreach
Overview
At the Wellesley HCI Lab, we are committed to fostering education, and strongly believe in the power of mentorship. The 2013 Wellesley iGEM team worked toward achieving this goal by promoting Synthetic Biology public education and awareness with our outreach project Bac to the Future. By demonstrating this project in various public settings, including with groups of middle school and high school students, we focused on making Synthetic Biology concepts fun and accessible to students and non-scientists. Additionally, we participated in the Wellesley College Science Outreach program and mentored high school interns in the human-computer interaction lab throughout the summer.
MIT-Wellesley Upward Bound
Bac to the Future
We performed three user studies for Bac to the Future with the MIT-Wellesley Upward Bound program, student ages ranging from 12-17. To prepare for these studies and explore the potential use of our application in an educational setting, we prepared a brief preliminary presentation to introduce Synthetic Biology concepts and terminology, and also performed a project demonstration. The students then worked through the application in groups of 2 or more.
Interns
with the art team
Summer Poster Session
As a lab, we participated in the annual Wellesley Science Center Summer Research Poster Session, which is attended by students, faculty, and members of the local community. Each project team prepared and displayed a poster outlining the project abstract, design process, results, and future work. We also performed on-site demonstrations.
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