As part of our overall Human Practices strategy, we wanted to engage with our local community. One way that our team engaged with the community was at our local children's museum where our team taught young kids about synthetic biology.

Our team were Guest Star Scientists at the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, NC. There, team members worked with youth volunteers to teach kids about synthetic biology. Candy DNA, origami DNA, and DNA extractions were all the rage with the young demographics. Kids enjoyed learning about the shape of a double helix while they built their own double helices with Twizzlers and marshmallows. The kids then went on to make origami DNA and learned about how hard our body works to make DNA in our cells. Finally the children made DNA necklaces out of tubes filled with DNA they extracted from wheat germ. Both our team and the kids we met had a truly DNAtastic time! Below are details about each of the activities as well as pictures from our fun filled day.