Washington University in Saint Louis has a history of volunteer activities at The Youth Learning Center (YLC) in the Central West End in Saint Louis. Many WashU students function as volunteer mentors, tutors, or assistants at the YLC. This year's WashU iGEM team will be traveling to the YLC to give a demonstration, lesson, experiment, and survey to a group of 6th through 8th graders.
We will begin with a survey to gain preliminary knowledge of the general understanding of the kids of genetic engineering, its pros and cons, and their interest in the study of the sciences.
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