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The toolkit
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A two-minute guide to running and sharing the toolkit.
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Facilitator guide
All nine lessons with scripts, materials, debriefs, and troubleshooting.
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Worksheets & handouts
Every printable the lessons use: codon keys, cards, and student sheets.
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Materials & cost sheet
What to buy and what it costs, with live formulas you can edit.
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Lesson menu
A one-page overview of all nine lessons.
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Slides
One deck per lesson, ready to present. Fonts are Nunito and Quicksand (free Google Fonts). They should show up automatically in Google Slides.
Lesson 1: Intro: what is synthetic biology?
A 10-minute discussion opener on DNA and what synthetic biology is.
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Lesson 2: Build-a-DNA double helix
Build a candy or bead double helix and find the base-pairing rule.
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Lesson 3: Name-in-DNA bracelets
Spell your name in a 3-bead DNA code and wear it home.
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Lesson 4: Strawberry DNA extraction
Pull real, visible DNA out of a strawberry with kitchen supplies.
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Lesson 5: Monster genetics
Decode a DNA recipe into a monster, then swap a gene to change it.
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Lesson 6: CRISPR cut-and-paste
Be the molecular scissors: find a sequence, cut it, paste a new one.
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Lesson 7: Engineer a glowing microbe
Put a jellyfish glow gene into a paper microbe and give it a job.
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Lesson 8: Clean water: sense it & solve it
Spot what pollutes water, see a biosensor, then build a filter.
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Lesson 9: Design-a-synbio-solution
Pick a problem and design your own engineered organism from parts.
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Tip: drop these into Google Slides or PowerPoint and swap in your own photos or your club's logo whenever you like. (You'll probably want to replace the 'who we are' slide with your own organization's info.)