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To Clone or not to Clone?
Dumas Elementary
Patricia Kirk-Wade
Cloning
• It’s ok when you look in a mirror and see the reflection of your face and body. But, what if you are walking down the street and you look up and see your twin?
• This scenario is becoming less shocking and more likely.
• Today, cloning and genetic engineering are hot topics in the scientific community and fertile ground for students to explore.
Questions about Cloning
• What are the ethical and practical issues of cloning?
• Students form an opinion based on their research, evidence and their own value system.
The Unit
• Students read about cloning.
Cloning
• Students in the computer lab.
What is cloning?Is it cloning or not?Clones R UsMimi the MouseSimulated DNA extraction
Cloning
• Lab work.• DNA Extraction from
a pea.
Cloning Research
• Timelines• Posters• Power Points• Debates
Results
• Student groups take have different perspectives.
• 2 groups support future cloning
• 4 groups were against cloning