Designer Babies
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'. (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]] |
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