Curated OER
Noah's Ark, Revisited
Fourth graders do a visual presentation for a specific endangered species.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: On Human Cloning
Three cloning experts share their opinions of cloning in these interviews from NOVA: "18 Ways to Make a Baby."
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Human Cloning: Is It Biological Plagiarism?
This activity guides students to learn the science behind cloning, explore the benefits and consequences of human cloning, and communicate their knowledge and points of view.
PBS
Pbs: The Cloning Process
This slide show provides an illustration of the process of creating embryonic stem cells using a cloned mouse embryo. Scientists generally refer to the technique as "somatic cell nuclear transfer." It is the process at the heart of what...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Primer on Ethics and Human Clonings
This artical evaluates the ethics involved with cloning humans. Issues such as legal rights and protection and determining whether it is unnatural self-engineering are addressed.
Read Works
Read Works: Cloning Around
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether human cloning should or should not be allowed. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Nova: Eighteen Ways to Make a Baby
Companion website to a NOVA broadcast of the same name, Eighteen Ways documents the world of assisted reproduction. Find information on in vitro fertilization, the challenges of infertility, human cloning, advances in micro-manipulation,...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Scientists Clone Human Embryos to Make Stem Cells
A learning module that begins with "Scientists Clone Human Embryos to Make Stem Cells" by Rob Stein and Michaeleen Doucleff, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.18 Cloning
Understand the science and ethics behind human or animal cloning.
Other
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Human Stem Cell Research [Pdf]
A recent study in which the authors examined the health and ethical issues related to human stem cell research. As a result of this study, Canada did allow human stem cell research to proceed. The report is in PDF format.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Cloning of Human Body Parts
Find out if cloning human body parts for the purpose of transplant is possible in this interactive worksheet. Read the information, and then hover the mouse over review questions to reveal the answers.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Cloning of Cells
Middle schoolers continue their education on cells in the human body. They discuss stem cells and how engineers are involved in the research of stem cell behavior. They learn about possible applications of stem cell research and...
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Genetica Humana
This is a great unit on human genetics. It contains 17 interactive activities.
PBS
Pbs: Fact of Fiction
At this site from PBS you can challenge yourself with this quiz to see if you know what is true and what is false in genetic and reproductive technology. You'll be surprised by some of the things that we are currently able to do with...
McGraw Hill
The Mc Graw Hill Companies, Inc.: Asexual Reproduction
The succinct site covers what asexual reproduction is in plants, describes how stolons and rhizomes produce new plants, and discusses human cloning techniques.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: At What Moment Are You Dead?
For as far back as we can trace our existence, humans have been fascinated with death and resurrection. But is resurrection really possible? And what is the actual difference between a living creature and a dead body anyway? The...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Biotechnology
Students read through a complete, interactive lesson on biotechnology. An activity at the end allows students to research and present arguments for or against statements about the ethics of gene therapy and gene manipulation.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: The Basics and Beyond
This website offers a clear definition of the science of Genetics, highlighting DNA and genes. There is a neat, easy-to-understand animated tour of the basics and an opportunity to go inside an animated cell. Student can build a DNA...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Mitosis and Cell Specialisation
This lesson focuses on cloning. Plants can make identical copies of themselves by asexual reproduction, for example by tubers and runners. Humans have been cloning plants for years and have recently started to develop techniques to clone...
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: La Base De La Herencia 2 Bachillerato
This unit discusses the following topics: cloning, transgenic, gene therapy, genetic code, human genome and DNA replication. It contains 19 interactive activities.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Scottish Sheep Shocker! New Pair of Genes
This article provides a discussion of DNA and how it replicates. Includes a chromosome map of a human male, a close-up of chromosomes just before cell division and a close up of a DNA molecule.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Designer Babies: Ethical Considerations
As biotechnology could evolve to the point where parents to be are presented with the potential to select the genes of their offspringGM. What ethical considerations arise with this new science? Delve into this article to explore the topic.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 1: Population and Settlement
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to population and settlement. Covers six main areas - population growth, population change, population migration, land use, settlement characteristics and patterns,...
Other
Canal Kids: Ciencias (Science for Portuguese Speakers)
Colorful, engagingly written information about astronomy and biology for Portuguese-speaking English language learners. Both subjects are broken down into a broad array of related subtopics. The biology section is particularly helpful...
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