Designer Babies

Lesson idea. A planning proforma including learning objectives, assessment strategies, learning outcomes and a detailed plan.

Teaching approach. By using an informative web tutorial, this resource aims to stimulate discussion^(ta) on the ethics^(topic) of modern biology. A worksheet asks students where they stand and reassures them that their response might be kept private. You might also consider using a blog, chat room or other ICT tool to record the questioning^(ta) and reasoning^(ta) around this topic. A teaching section offers guidance on 'teaching argument' using 'Toulmin’s model of argument' and 'The IDEAS project'.

Resource details
Title	Designer Babies
Topic	[[Topics/Ethics|Ethics]],  [[Topics/Fertility treatments|Fertility treatments]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Discussion|Discussion]]
Format / structure	A two-page Word document
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/KS5|KS5]],  [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]]
Useful information	Lesson ideas on cloning, gene technology and cystic fibrosis, reproduction and ethics, cloning and reproductive technologies are available to download at http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/352.0.html
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	Cloning, Ethical issues in human reproduction
Files and resources to view and download	Download this lesson idea at http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/352.0.html