Team:SZPT-CHINA/Inclusivity
Inclusivity
Introduction
Gender
Science Popularization
Urban Villages
The Love of "Kissed by Light"
Introduction
Figure 1. Invited expert Wu Jie to conduct offline lecture for us on July 26, 2021
How do we get everyone into science?
It is the original intention and mission of our team's inclusivity module to enable everyone to open the door of science. Better carry out the activities of this module, teacher Wu Jie gave us offline guidance to let us know "move ourselves first and then others." Therefore, adhering to the purpose of "respecting others first", we always remember our original intention and mission. How can we make more and more people understand synthetic biology? How to make more people from other fields join our project? For these problems, we divided the activities into four parts: gender, science popularization, urban villages and the love of “Kissed by Light”.
It is the original intention and mission of our team's inclusivity module to enable everyone to open the door of science. Better carry out the activities of this module, teacher Wu Jie gave us offline guidance to let us know "move ourselves first and then others." Therefore, adhering to the purpose of "respecting others first", we always remember our original intention and mission. How can we make more and more people understand synthetic biology? How to make more people from other fields join our project? For these problems, we divided the activities into four parts: gender, science popularization, urban villages and the love of “Kissed by Light”.
Gender
Sexism happens from time to time in most areas. Do only men have the key to open the door of
science?
Figure 2. Team members
Figure 3. PIs
Obviously not. We analyzed the gender ratio of our team members.
The
gender ratio of our team members is
11:3, including 11 women and 3 men; The sex ratio of our PIs
is
1:1; Our instructor is also a woman. In
addition, our team found that most of the participants
were
women.
Science
Today, there are 7111 languages in the world and this
number
is
still changing. China is a multi-ethnic
and multilingual country with 56 nationalities and more than 80
languages. The impact of the language
differences on our understanding of knowledge and the world should not be
underestimated.
Our
team does
not want language to become an obstacle to people's move towards
science. Therefore, our team cooperated
with all our partners and begged them to provide us with the local accent, so that we could
gather
into
a
new book, "audiobook".
Languages
Figure 4. Picture book cover
English
Mandarin
Cantonese
Chaoshan
Liaoning
Heilongjiang
Northeast
Henan Anyang
Shaanxi Guanzhong
Shandong Heze
Tangshan Laoting
Sichuan
For details, please click to listen to our audio
Figure 5. Audiobooks influence zone
We have produced audiobooks in 12 languages, including
English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Chaoshan, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Northeast, Henan Anyang, Shaanxi
Guanzhong, Shandong Heze, Tangshan Laoting, Sichuan.These books are not only convenient
for
ordinary readers, especially for
the
visually impaired. It brings great convenience
to
understand our project and synthetic biology.
Multilingual audiobooks make our audience countless in
other
countries in Europe, Africa, North America
and South America except people all over China. Of course, there is still room for improvement
in
this
part. The number of languages we collect is only the tip of the iceberg of the total number of
global
languages. Therefore, we will continue to collect local
dialects
and do our best to let the voices
belonging to all parts of the world enter the scientific world in the future.
Science as Art
There will be an artistic atmosphere in the development
of
science, and the elements of science will be
incorporated in the development of art. Therefore, our team combined science and art
and
organized a
series of activities.
Fluorescent Protein DIY
Figure 6. Organize fluorescent protein DIY activity in the school laboratory on May
11,
2021
Figure 7. Results of the fluorescent protein DIY activity held in the school
laboratory
on May 11, 2021
We convened more than 80 non-biological college students
for
fluorescent protein DIY activities, to
participate on May 8, May 11, and May 13. They followed the
steps
we had taught and drew their favorite
patterns on the medium. We believed they have gained a lot of knowledge. We found that this
group of
people were very interested in synthetic biology and we
will definitely continue to use these activities
in the future.
Urban Villages (Biology Popularization)
Figure 8. Representative maps of the urban villages
Urban villages refer to residential areas that lag behind the pace of development of the times,
are separated from modern urban management, and with low living standards in the process of
rapid
urban
development.
The residents in the urban villages generally have low economic income, low cultural quality, large population density, narrow living space and poor living environment. The phenomenon of random erection of various wires, random charging of electric bicycles, abandonment of stacked furniture and other combustibles is serious. With great potential fire hazards, but residents' awareness of prevention is weak. According to the interview with firefighters at Xili Fire Station, the probability of fire in urban villages is much higher than that in other urban residential areas. As an economically developed area, there are still many urban villages in Shenzhen due to historical reasons. These urban villages are inhabited by a large number of migrant workers and builders.
There are many residents and young people in urban villages, and many children travel from their homes in the countryside to the city during the winter and summer vacations to reunite with their parents who work here. Therefore, our team decided to carry out educational activities for young people in urban villages, popularize science and synthetic biology, and raise young people's awareness of fire and burn prevention, hoping that they will bring them back to their hometown and pass it on to more people.
The residents in the urban villages generally have low economic income, low cultural quality, large population density, narrow living space and poor living environment. The phenomenon of random erection of various wires, random charging of electric bicycles, abandonment of stacked furniture and other combustibles is serious. With great potential fire hazards, but residents' awareness of prevention is weak. According to the interview with firefighters at Xili Fire Station, the probability of fire in urban villages is much higher than that in other urban residential areas. As an economically developed area, there are still many urban villages in Shenzhen due to historical reasons. These urban villages are inhabited by a large number of migrant workers and builders.
There are many residents and young people in urban villages, and many children travel from their homes in the countryside to the city during the winter and summer vacations to reunite with their parents who work here. Therefore, our team decided to carry out educational activities for young people in urban villages, popularize science and synthetic biology, and raise young people's awareness of fire and burn prevention, hoping that they will bring them back to their hometown and pass it on to more people.
Teaching in Urban Villages as Volunteers
By focusing on the growth and education of migrant children in the Pearl River
Delta, we
continuously
provide high-quality companionship and educational activities
for
migrant children. While making up
for
the lack of family companionship of migrant children, we help them integrate
into
the community and
stimulate their learning interest and learning motivation, and support them to be warm-hearted
and
powerful. At the same time, we stimulate their interest and motivation in learning
science,
biology
and
synthetic biology.
Figure 9. One of the city support teaching photos
In the same city, children of the same age receive different levels of education. Our team
turned
our
attention to children in urban villages. During the summer vacation, we gathered 70 children from urban
villages to carry out urban education support activities.
The feedback we got after the event: Not only the children, but
their parents knew well about our
project.
Synthetic Biology Picture Book Presentation
Figure 10. Went to the urban villages for a picture book presentation on August 8, 2021
In order to better carry out synthetic biology and
popularize
it for
children in urban villages, we made
use of the picture book made by our team. Look at the
photo!
The
children are listening carefully. We
found that these children's English level was much lower than that of the children in the city center
during the presentation.
English Class of Synthetic Biology
Figure 11. Carried out English classes in urban villages on August 12,2021
Figure 12. Played synthetic biology playing cards with children on August 12, 2021
After discovering that the children in the urban villages have low
English proficiency, we taught them
synthetic biology in English. What's more, we used our
self-made English
version of
synthetic biology
playing cards to popularize synthetic biology for children. Even if their
pronunciation
is
not very
accurate, we could still feel their passion for synthetic
biology.
For details, please click to watch the video
Art Design of Synthetic Biology
Figure 13. Made a drawing on a paper plate with the children in the urban villages on August 14,
2021
In order to let the children in the urban villages have
a deeper understanding of the bacteria in life,
our team worked with the children to draw the "bacteria in our
hands". We can see that children's
cognition of bacteria has reached a higher level from the works in the picture.
For details, please click to watch the video
Figure 14. Used cartoon paper-cutting to tell stories for children in urban villages on August
23,
2021
Figure 15. Made cartoon paper-cutting process from August 15 to 20, 2021
The art of paper-cutting is one of the traditional
cultures
of the
Chinese nation. We used this art to
perform a paper-cutting play of "Little Biology" for
children.
Tell the children how cells divide, how
bacteria multiply, how viruses infect cells, etc... Later, children could already tell in their
own
words! We believed that this "play" should be seen by more
children
in
backward areas or people in the
non-biological field, so we recorded the play as a video and posted it on social
platforms.
For details, please click to watch the video
Handmade of Synthetic Biology
Figure 16. Taught children in the urban villages to fold DNA on August 25, 2021
We use the theory of genetic control of traits to
popularize
"why our appearance
characteristics are similar to those of our parents" for children in urban villages. Genes are
effectively inherited DNA fragments, so we taught children to fold
DNA. We found that children were very
interested in DNA. After we finished the course of the day,
many
parents came to us and asked: Is there
a DNA folding tutorial? We also want to learn.
For details, please click to watch the videos
Game Play of Synthetic Biology
Figure 17. Played jigsaw puzzles of synthetic biology with children on August 27, 2021
In order to increase the interestingness we made puzzles and playing cards related to synthetic biology
for children in urban villages. Children have fun while learning biology in this process.
For details, please click to watch the video
The Knowledge of Synthetic Biology and Fire Prevention
Figure 18. Preached knowledge about burn prevention in urban villages in Guangzhou on July 13,
2021
Figure 19. Had jigsaw presentation in Xiamen on July 13, 2021
Figure 20. Played a video on burn knowledge in Chaoshan on July 13, 2021
We took use of summer vacation to preach our
project
and knowledge of synthetic biology to
the elderly in our family and the people in the non-biological
fields
around us. During this period, we
found that many elderly people were wrong in their first treatment after burns. We realized that
the
elderly is one of the most important targets for us. But just the elderly around us is not
enough.
We
will go to a place where there are more elderly people
and
popularize this kind of knowledge for them in
the future.
Summary of the Urban Villages Module
In addition to the above six parts, we also let the children from the urban villages walk into
our
project. In the process of making videos related to synthetic biology and other work, they
embarked
on a
path that they had never taken before. They helped us dubbing, crafting... They let the world hear their
voices through our platform. We found that the children were looking forward to our
coming.
According to
the feedback of parents, children were waiting for the release of our courses every day, but we
knew
that it was not enough to preach synthetic biology in one urban village. In the future, we will continue
to go to other regions and pave the way for children in urban villages to learn science and
synthetic
biology.
Certainly, there is a lot of advocacy and popular science that we have done on the team's social platform with regard to fire prevention and burn prevention.
Certainly, there is a lot of advocacy and popular science that we have done on the team's social platform with regard to fire prevention and burn prevention.
The Love of "Kissed by Light"
Figure 21. Synthetic biology playing cards
Figure 22. SZPT project element keychains
In our researches, we found that the treatment costs for
various
types of severe burns range from 5w to
80w. This makes it difficult for many burn victims to bear such financial burdens. After the
guidance of
teacher Wu Jie, our team agreed that "Charity Sale" is
the
best
choice for "Good Business". Every burn
patient should be paid attention to. The SZPT-CHINA-2021 team planed a charity sale
in
this
year's
competition. We prepared some donations by selling some keychains, clothes, hats, etc. with our
project
elements, and donated the raised funds to burn families.
Figure 23. Donated the money obtained from the theme to the burned family on October 9, 2021
We launched a charity sale with the theme of "The Love of Kissed by Light", bringing
together little love and gathering great energy Through this charity sale, we have carried out
in-depth
reflection. We will continue doing this in the future and let the love of light kiss sway on the
road of
synthetic biology.