Some of the events and activities we have been involved with The SAW Trust inspires with science-art workshop On April 20th 2016, SynthSys hosted the SAW Trust to deliver a one-day training event for their innovative approach to teaching science to children using the power of words and pictures. Materials for teachers We are keen to share our passion for our research. We have been working with educationalists, teachers and local government, to develop and deliver activities and materials that can support teaching in the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. SAW Trust inspires again The SAW Trust were back in Edinburgh on May 3 2018 to deliver what was their third successful training day in science communication. SAW Trust inspires for second year On April 21st 2017, SynthSys welcomed Jenni Rant and the SAW Training team back to Edinburgh for our second annual training event bringing their innovative approach to teaching science to children using the power of words and pictures. A fuzzy felt festival of science An enthusiastic gang of SynthSys researchers took synthetic biology to the Edinburgh Science Festival from March 31st to April 4th. Building superbugs in the Meadows Centre members braved the erratic Edinburgh summer weather to build bugs with kids of all ages at the annual Meadows Festival on June 4th 2018. This article was published on 2024-06-17
