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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct/06/genetics.climatechange
This article begins:
“Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.”
Read the complete article. Have your students read it. Use it as a writing prompt. Tell them to write about it in terms of whether or not they think it’s a good thing or a bad thing, and why? What’s the worst consequence of this idea? What’s the BEST consequence of it? Do you believe that there are – or WILL BE – things that we’ll be able to do that we should NOT do? Is this something that we must legislate? Who is the watchdog for these types of new experiments?
Then, if you’ve got a Moodle class, set up a discussion forum in there and let the students discuss it further. (Perpetual writing prompts!)
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