Lab-on-a-chip Workshop Activities for Secondary School Students

This article, written by researchers from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, details the efforts these individuals to engage secondary students in nanotechnology fields. As such, researchers conducted a lab-on-a-chip workshop for students that included hands-on activities that "explained various aspects of microfluidic technology, including fabrication (milling and moulding of microfluidic devices, and wax printing of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices, so-called μPADs), flow regimes (gradient formation via diffusive mixing), and applications (tissue analysis and μPADs)." Researchers then had students complete questionnaires about their reactions to the workshop. This report details their responses, which indicated that students found the workshop activities and subject matter interesting. The researchers also discovered ways in which they could improve future science outreach events. A list of citations and references used to inform this article is included.