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Unit 4: Cloning


**Key words**: cloning, abnormalities, sibling, customise, disabilities, genetic code **Assignment:** Participate in a web quest on cloning and write a report.

Course Objectives

 * to practice internet-based activities related to controversial issues in cloning
 * to develop vocabulary related to cloning
 * to practice reading extensively from various sources
 * to practice summarising information and present it in own words

Course Outcomes
By the end of this unit, students will
 * know to express in English basic concepts related to cloning
 * have created annotated lists of resources on their individual page and copy them to the wiki Resource Page
 * have practiced extensive reading on the topic, summarised resources and present it on the Group Project page
 * have worked collaboratively to create an outline for an opinion essay related to cloning

Activity 1 Food for Thought - Questions to ponder
// Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were! // (POPE JOHN PAUL II, speech, Jan. 13, 2003)
 * Are you familiar with “Dolly the sheep”? What do you know about it? What makes her so special and famous?
 * What do we exactly know about cloning?
 * Why are the scientists so excited about cloning?
 * What about human cloning? Should it be done? Why and why not? Who will decide? How?

Activity 2 Group Project
Go to Group Projects page and follow the instructions.