Education

• Community Education & Outreach Activities

  EBRC has collected a lightly-curated list of education and outreach activities in engineering biology from the wider community. This list includes workshops and short-courses, classroom activities and hands-on training opportunities. The list is intended to serve as a resource for existing opportunities you may want to engage in, as well as ideas for activities you may want implement at your own institution.

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  Activity	Type	Target Participants	Location	Visit
  BioBuilder	Short course/workshop, Online video, Other	K-8 students, High school students, K-12 teachers, Undergraduates (2-year, Community Colleges), Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Faculty, General public	Widely available	Visit Site
  Bioresponsive art	Classroom activity, Short course/workshop, Course for college credit, Laboratory/hands-on training, Other	K-8 students, High school students, K-12 teachers, Undergraduates (2-year, Community Colleges), Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Graduate students, General public	Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA	Visit Site
  Cold Spring Harbor Synthetic Biology Summer Course	Classroom activity, Short course/workshop	Graduate students, Faculty	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA	Visit Site
  Freshman Research Initiative	Classroom activity, Course for college credit, Laboratory/hands-on training, Other	Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Graduate students	University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, USA	Visit Site
  iBiology	Short course/workshop, Online video, Other	K-8 students, High school students, K-12 teachers, Undergraduates (2-year, Community Colleges), Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Faculty, General public	Widely available	Visit Site
  iGEM	Laboratory/hands-on training	High school students, Undergraduates (2-year, Community Colleges), Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Graduate students	Widely available	Visit Site
  LEAP (Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program)	Short course/workshop, Symposium		Widely available	Visit Site
  Principles of Synthetic Biology edX Course	Certification course	Undergraduates (4-year, Universities)	Widely available	Visit Site
  Research Experience for Teachers (RET)	Classroom activity, Laboratory/hands-on training	K-12 teachers	Widely available	Visit Site
  Skype A Scientist	Classroom activity	K-8 students, High school students, K-12 teachers	widely available	Visit Site
  STEM Pathways	Short course/workshop, Symposium	High school students, K-12 teachers, Undergraduates (2-year, Community Colleges), Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Graduate students, Faculty, Policy makers	Boston University, Boston, MA, USA	Visit Site
  SynBREU	Laboratory/hands-on training	Undergraduates (2-year, Community Colleges), Undergraduates (4-year, Universities)	Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA	Visit Site
  Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School	Classroom activity, Short course/workshop	Graduate students, Faculty	Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy	Visit Site
  The Virtual Bioengineer	Classroom activity, Museum activity, Short course/workshop, Laboratory/hands-on training	K-8 students, High school students, K-12 teachers, Undergraduates (2-year, Community Colleges), Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Faculty, General public	Widely available	Visit Site
  Three course synthetic biology sequence	Classroom activity	Undergraduates (4-year, Universities), Graduate students	University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA	Visit Site