ACTIVITY 1: LEAD-IN TO DISCUSSION ON SCIENCE (1 COPY PER GROUP)

ACTIVITY 2.1 : ASSEMBLE THE STRIPS TO RE-CREATE THE STORY

ACTIVITY 2.2: IN GROUPS, STUDENT ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE ASSEMBLED TEXT.
ACTIVITY 3: SPLIT GROUPS, HALF READ “THE FIRST HUMAN CLONE?”, HALF READ “DEATH OF A CLONE”

FROM MEMORY THE STUDENTS TELL THE OTHER STUDENTS THE MAIN INFORMATION IN THEIR TEXT.
ACTIVITY 4: MINI-DISCUSSIONS – THEORISING
ACTIVITY 5: GIVING A REAL FEEL – LET’S DISCUSS SOME SCENARIOS INVOLVING CLONING AND ETHICS
ACTIVITY 6: RESEARCH ABOUT CLONING
WHAT IS CLONING?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/whatiscloning/
ACTIVITY 7: PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE
LET’S TRY IT OUT!
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/clickandclone/
ACTIVITY 8 – DISCUSSIONS
CLONING AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
STUDENT A
1) What is genetic engineering?
2) Do you think genetic engineering is a good thing?
3) What are people worried about who oppose genetic
engineering?
4) Do you worry about eating GM (genetically
modified) food?
5) Do you think genetically modified food could harm
the ecosystems of the areas in which they grow?
6) What do you know / think about the Oncomouse –
the mouse specially modified to help in cancer
research?
7) Do you think it’s essential to modify genes to create
new medicines?
8) Scientists can genetically engineer fruit to contain
vaccines at a very low cost – Is this a good idea?
9) What do you think about cloning?
10) Would you like to see a cloned version of yourself?
ACTIVITY 9: WATCHING AND DISCUSSING TED TALK
STUDENT B
1) What do you know about genes?
2) Do you think genetic engineering is playing God and
that we should leave life as it was created?
3) What do you think of the idea of genetically
engineering new bodily organs to replace yours when
you are old?
4) What do you think would happen if a GM crop or
animal started causing major harm to the environment
/ us?
5) Genetic engineering might allow parents to ‘design’
their children before their birth – What do you think of
this?
6) Should genetic engineering go ahead to eliminate
human flaws, such as violence, jealousy, hate, etc?
7) What if scientists create a monster human?
8) What do you understand by the term ‘genetic
aristocracy’?
9) If someone’s genes are changed a lot, are they the
same person?
10) Does the government have the right to limit how
far we modify ourselves?
TED TALK: Paul Root Wolpe: Bio-engineering

Comprehension Questions
1. What have been the three great stages of evolution?
2. What are some of the animal hybrids he presents?
3. What have scientists done with bioluminescent cells from jellyfish?
4. What does he say about the differences in regulations on genetic modifications between the US and Europe?
5. Name a few of the animals that have been successfully cloned.
6. What have scientists managed to do with cockroaches and goliath beetles?
7. What was so special about the monkey with the prosthetic arm?
8. What was grown on a mouse’s back?
9. What is Paul’s view on bio-engineering?
10. What changes does he predict in the future?

Discussion Questions
1. What did you think of the talk?
2. Did you like his presenting style?
3. What’s your opinion in the different experiments?
4. Which ones do you find interesting?
5. Which ones do you think go too far?
6. What uses can you see for the different bio-engineered animals?
7. How far do you think we should go?
8. Should we clone humans?
9. What problems do you foresee if we were to start cloning humans?
10. Who should decide the limits of where science can go?
11. Should people be able to design their own pets/children/bodies?