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|title= Designer Babies
|title= Designer Babies
|topic=Ethics,  Fertility treatments
|topic=Ethics,  Fertility treatments
|tagline=So when does life actually begin?
|tagline=When does life actually begin?
|image=Designerbabies1.jpg
|image=Designerbabies1.jpg
|content=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.
|content=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 new ethical dilemmas. This tutorial looks at why reproduction, including 'designer babies' raises ethical issues. The resource features a web tutorial with a page that can be used as an answer sheet.  
The resource features a web tutorial with a page to use as an answer sheet.  
|format=Web tutorial with a page (.doc) to guide students  
|format=Web tutorial with a page (.doc) to guide students  
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|additional resources= http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/110.0.html
|additional resources= http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/110.0.html
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|related resources=[[Cloning]], [[Ethical issues in human reproduction]] [[Group_Talk_and_Argument]]
|related resources=[[Cloning]], [[Ethical issues in human reproduction]] and [[Group_Talk_and_Argument]]
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* Download this lesson idea at http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/352.0.html
* Lesson idea: http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/352.0.html
* Read the section 'Teaching Argument' at http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/282.0.html
* 'Teaching Argument' section: http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/282.0.html


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When does life actually begin?

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 new ethical dilemmas. This tutorial looks at why reproduction, including 'designer babies' raises ethical issues. The resource features a web tutorial with a page that can be used 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'. (edit)

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
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