Video View. Authentic teaching and learning through synthetic biology. Teaching opportunities and challenges specific to synthetic biology "Plant a carrot get a carrot, not a Brussels sprout" sings a musical theater character in The Fantasticks [1], aptly contrasting the predictability of gardening over childrearing.
Map this idea to education and it seems teaching more closely resembles horticulture than parenting. Traditional metrics and standards around education often restrict educators to fixed lesson plans and syllabi, many of which have not changed since teachers were students themselves. 7.342 Systems and Synthetic Biology: How the Cell Solves Problems, Fall 2010.