Designer Babies

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• Cloning
• Designer Babies
• Ethical issues in human reproduction
  

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So when do you think life actually begins?

Lesson idea. Technical advances develop faster than people can discuss its implications. Stories about surrogate mothers, designer babies, older parents, embryo mix-ups appear frequently in the media, and raise raising new ethical dilemmas. This tutorial looks at why reproduction, including 'designer babies' raises ethical issues. The resource features a web tutorial with a page to use as an answer sheet.

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]]
Learning Objectives	not defined here
Format / structure	Web tutorial with a page (.doc) to guide students
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/KS5|KS5]],  [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]]
Additional Resources/material needed	http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/110.0.html
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	Cloning, Ethical issues in human reproduction Group_Talk_and_Argument
Files and resources to view and download	Download this lesson idea at http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/352.0.html Read the section 'Teaching Argument' at http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/282.0.html