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Title:
| Genetics: Ethics of Genetic Engineering |
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Description:
| Students can learn about the ethics of genetic engineering using these sites. Learn about the "difference between human cloning, therapeutic cloning, and stem cell research."
Included are ethemes resources on basic genetics, Punnett Squares, and DNA. |
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Grade Level:
| 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| eNotes
This article entitled "Ethics of Genetic Engineering" provides an overview of the many issues surrounding genetic engineering. NOTE: The site includes ads.
BBC: Stem Cells
This site has some of the commonly asked questions about stem cells.
Genetically Modified Crops in the United States
Students can read this fact sheet on genetically modified food.
Special Report on GM Organisms
This site has links to many news stories on GM food. Some of the stories are free and some are not. NOTE: The site includes ads.
World Health Organization
This site has general information on GM foods. Students can click on "20 Questions on Genetically Modified Foods."
How Cloning Works
This site explains what cloning is and the recent successes in animal cloning. NOTE: The site includes ads.
PBS: Online NewsHour
Students can read about the "Cloning Debate." Learn about the "difference between human cloning, therapeutic cloning, and stem cell research."
NOVA: Life's Greatest Miracle
Read this article by Dr. Ronald M. Green. The article was adapted from his book "The Human Embryo Research Debates: Bioethics in the Vortex of Controversy."
PBS: Religious Views on Stem Cell Research
Students can read or listen to this discussion on religion and the stem cell debate.
PBS: Stem Cell Divide
This site provides information on the 2001 debate on stem cells. Bill Frist and Arlen Specter take opposing sides. The segment can be watched in streaming video.
Issues and Bioethics
The National Health Museum presents this information.
A Student's Experiment
Students can try this experiment titled "The Biodegradation of Oil by Aerobic Bacteria."
NIH Stem Cell Information Home Page
The National Institute of Health provides this information.
PBS: The Buzz
This high school student provides some thought provoking questions.
eThemes Resource: Genetics: Basics
Learn about basics of genetics and the father of genetics Gregor Mendel. Find out what the heredity is, what genotype and phenotype are. Learn about different types of crossing and breading, traits, genes, and chromosomes. Includes animated movie, matching and concentration games, quizzes, and flashcards.
eThemes Resource: Genetics: Punnett Squares
Learn about the Punnett squares chart and how it is used for successful breeding and predictions of certain traits. Learn about incomplete dominance and codominance, dominant and recessive alleles, genotype and phenotype. Includes interactive Punnett's squares charts, quizzes, problems, matching, and concentration games.
eThemes Resource: Genetics: Genes and DNA
Learn about DeoxyriboNucleic Acid or commonly known as DNA. Discover importance of DNA strand, chromosomes, and genes. Read about people who worked on discoveries in the past on what scientists are able to achieve today. Find out how many of the same chromosomes people share with each other and the rest of living creatures. Learn about the Human Genome Project and surrounding it issues. Includes online quizzes, interactive tours, 3D animations, and video clips.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
3.3.D.b, 4.3.C.c, 8.1.C.a, 8.3.B.b, 8.3.B.c
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