Objective: To learn the vocabulary essential to our Energy Unit
Do NOW: Watch Resources of Energy Video and then answer the following question:
Explain the purpose of fat. 3 sentence minimum.
Explicar por qué tener exceso de grasa fue requerido por el nadador. 3 sentencia mínima.
Objective: To review what we have learned during our Microbes unit
Do NOW!
Define the following terms: Human Trial, Genetic Engineering, Computer Modeling, Animal Models Definir los siguientes términos: ensayo humano, la ingeniería genética, los modelos computarizados, los modelos animales
Objective: Describe the ethical issue associated with Biotechnology
Do NOW!
Write 3 pros and 3 cons about your bioethics topic
Escribe 3 pros y los contras 3 sobre el tema que la bioética
Students continued to work on their Bioethics research project. By this point they have researched a Bioethics topic and came up with 10 pros and 10 cons for it. As a group students had to chose a side and come up with a Propaganda poster
Students presented their posters to the class. Students must write 3 pros and 3 cons on a Bioethics topic that they did NOT study
Homework:
DiscoveryEducation.com Quiz on Bioethics and Biotechnology Carreers
Objective: To research topics in Bioethics and make an informed opinion
Do NOW: First we read the following exert from the NY Times artcle ‘U.S.D.A. Approves Modified Potato. Next Up: French Fry Fans’
A potato genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips has been approved for commercial planting, the Department of Agriculture announced on Friday.
The potato’s DNA has been altered so that less of a chemical called acrylamide, which is suspected of causing cancer in people, is produced when the potato is fried.
The new potato also resists bruising, a characteristic long sought by potato growers and processors for financial reasons. Potatoes bruised during harvesting, shipping or storage can lose value or become unusable.
The biotech tubers were developed by the J. R. Simplot Company, a privately held company based in Boise, Idaho, which was the initial supplier of frozen French fries to McDonald’s in the 1960s and is still a major supplier. The company’s founder, Mr. Simplot, who died in 2008, became a billionaire.
The potato is one of a new wave of genetically modified crops that aim to provide benefits to consumers, not just to farmers as the widely grown biotech crops like herbicide-tolerant soybeans and corn do. The nonbruising aspect of the potato is similar to that of genetically engineered nonbrowning apples, developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits, which are awaiting regulatory approval.
But the approval comes as some consumers are questioning the safety of genetically engineered crops and demanding that the foods made from them be labeled. Ballot initiatives calling for labeling were rejected by voters in Oregon and Colorado this week, after food and seed companies poured millions of dollars into campaigns to defeat the measures.
NEXT Students answered the following prompt:
Would you choose to eat French fries or mashed potatoes made from this new G.M.O. potato? Why or why not? Explain in a minimum of 3 sentences.
¿Le optar por comer papas fritas o puré de patatas elaborados con esta nueva G.M.O. ¿patata? ¿Por qué o por qué no? Explica con un mínimo de 3 oraciones.
Students continued to research their Bioethics Topic
Students EACH need 10 facts FOR their topic (pros) and 10 facts AGAINST (cons) their topic
After coming up with their 10 facts students must pick a side and create an informational poster on it
Homework:
Discovery Education Quiz on Ethical Issues/Careers in Biotechnology
Objective: To determine how Biotechnology helps society, particularly in North Carolina
Do NOW!
Students watched BrainPOP video on cloning
-Explain how clones are made. (think of lab)
-If you were to create a clone (like dolly) would the clone be the same age as the original organism? Why or why not?Explican cómo se hacen los clones. (Pensar en laboratorio)
Si se va a crear un clon (como Dolly) sería el clon ser la misma edad que el organismo original? ¿Por qué o por qué no?
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