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A ~60 minute Education Course

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2026 Sponsored Kits

As part of our 2026 outreach initiative, BuoyBead kits are provided at no cost to high school classrooms through a partnership between Rice University and CITGO.

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A Life-Building Experience

Our mission is to build positive, lasting associations with biotechnology by empowering students to create and work with engineered living materials.

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BuoyBead kits are developed and tested by researchers at Rice University in collaboration with local educators, ensuring the experience is classroom-ready, research-grounded, and meaningful for students.

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What’s In The Kit

Each BuoyBead kit includes the materials and tools needed to fabricate an engineered living material in the classroom.

Providing one kit per student supports hands-on engagement and gives students a sense of ownership over the biotechnology they create and obse

Connecting Classrooms

with Researchers

BuoyBead connects classrooms with researchers at Rice University through workshops and one-on-one sessions.

These sessions support teachers as they implement the BuoyBead activity and introduce students to areas of active biotechnology research, offering insight into how engineered living materials are studied and applied today.

Teacher Resources

Click to download a PDF:

Teacher Activity Manual
Safety & Disposal
Evaluation Report

FAQs

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