The Bone Crayon

The "bone crayon" at the Kanes Hill Primary School

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Recapitulating some pictures of the wonderful experience we had showcasing the "Bone Crayon" at the community hub takeover at the Portswood church last Saturday

The team lead by Dr Claire Clarkin, showcasing the "Bone crayon" at the Outreach Festival at the Bitterne Park School

We were invited to showcase the "Bone crayon" and share some bone research at the Bitterne Park School where students showcased their projects too. It was a wonderful experience sharing with teachers, parents and students.

Working collaborations to address inequities in skeletal health

More exciting activities that people enjoyed at the Outreach Festival at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Southampton:

1. Drawings with the bone crayon
2. The sensory Wold of Worms
3. The oysters cleaning the world
4-5. A game showing how bacteria protect from phages
6. Have a look at the cells!
7. The projects from master's students
8. Children's book to learn about the brain and neuron building!
9. The story of how organoids help bowel function

Exciting activities displayed by research groups from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Southampton at the Outreach festival:

1. Snakes and Ladder game about dementia
2. Fossils and dinosaurs explained
3. Activity about soil microbiology for food security
4-5. Where do the veggies come from? Discovered at the Food Systems Adventure
6-7. DNA extraction from fruits

Activities displayed at the Outreach festival by Master's students from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Southampton:

1. Interactive model pipe with bacteria
2. Akt protein activation in Breast cancer
3. Game to discover how bacteria protect from phages
4. 3D puzzle to understand proteins
5. Game to discover birds
6. Model of a phage
7. Game to learn about Sarcopenia

Some project activities at the Outreach festival were developed by Master's students from the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton:

1. The magic of X-Ray Crystallography
2. Biofilms formation
3. Illustrated nerve's book for children
4. Sensory tray to teach children about worms and bacteria
5. Memory game to learn about Alzheimer's disease
6. Neurons and dendrites functionality
7. A neuroinflammation tale
8. Solutions for loss of hearing
9. Neurogame
10. Activity book to play and learn about Alzheimer's disease

Art created with the bone crayon