20.20:Teacher Resources

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Instructors: Drew Endy and Natalie Kuldell
20.902/20.947:

Grading

Homework dropbox for 20.020 here
Homework dropbox for 20.902/947 here

Presentation information

  1. 3 ideas presentation
  2. technical specification review
  3. final presentation

materials needed for teaching

week 1

  1. Project Runway
    • paper, paperclips, tape, pennies, pencils, scissors
    • link to response log
    • link for letter drop
  2. iGEM reviews
  3. copies of ppts from iGEM talks, computers for listening
  4. link for review drop
  5. take apart
    • hard copies of Comic to cue homework assignment
    • tape recorders (16), tools (#0 phillips, scissors, wire cutters), bags to store parts, sharpies/paper/pens
    • link to response log
    • link to pre-survey

week 2

week 3

week 4

  1. DNA isolation
    • Disposables: small white cups, larger clear plastic cups, coffee stirrerwater, ziplock bags for disposal, papertowels for spills
    • Reagents: wheat germ, liquid soap, meat tenderizer, baking soda, isopropanol

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week 11

Poetry

Not long ago when biology meant
looking and prodding and fixing what’s bent
there were armies of scientists working away
to list what they found
and to know life’s display

But not all was well as they tried to discover
how life could be programmed since some but not other
experiments worked and each person designed
their template for learning
as they were inclined

“Share!” said the engineers “and try to remember
that others will use your work only whenever
the tools you develop are standard and simple
think of most screwthreads and
think of the wheel.

Maybe in this way life by design
could work out of the box and others will find
lots of interesting ways to build up from the bottom
making useful new parts
then new systems. No problem!”

By combining devices in new and fun ways
the biologists builders could spend their workdays
learning what’s out there and making new widgets
to responsibly meet
the needs of our planet.