Project+3_The+Pros+and+Cons+of+Cloning

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Getting Ready for Group Work

 * Access your group page (will be built in class together with you).
 * Write down the names of the group members.
 * Assign them the following roles: Scientist, Ethicist, Legislator.
 * Come back to this page and read the instructions.

03/10/2010
In-Class discussion and preparation

17/10/2010
In-class discussion of draft reports; discuss oral presentations

Group A_3
Alina Crainic, Vlad Niste, Bianca Muresan

Group B_3
Andreea Jakab, Luminita Romanciuc, Eszter Lakatos

Group C_3
Angela Kirner, Nagy Botond, Bujdei Andreea

Group D_3
Alexandru Rus, Alexandru Cotau, Adrian Branzac, Rucsandra Maces

Group E_3
Stefania Burza, Mihaela Moldovan, Oana Cristina Rus

Group F_3
Roxana Donca, Noemi Deak, Halmagyi Melinda

Group G_3
Amalia Toth, Bianca Barko, Gaspar Annamaria

Group H_3
Raluca Maties, Camelia Pop, Irina Gaspar

Group I_3
Ioana Florea, Cristina Luca

Group J_3
Lidia Muresan, Catalina Fekete

Project Task
Human cloning is such a hot and critical issue in today’s world that the questions raised about it cannot be answered by only one group of people (e.g. ethicists or scientists). That’s why you will work in groups of three to carry out the tasks to complete this webquest. Each of you will take a role to explore the subject in detail from the perspective of the role you have taken. Each individual is responsible for their own research, examining, and understanding the issue and required to share it with their group-mates. Do not forget: **each individual’s contribution is vital to complete the task!** As a group, you will write a report to share your perspective on the issue which will be published in our website and make a power point presentation of your report in class.

Project Evaluation

 * Please see the rubric for how your work will be evaluated.**

Step 1
 Get into groups of three-four and discuss what you know about the cloning in general and what you think about human cloning. A collaborative and productive brainstorming might be helpful for you to move further.

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Before going into further detail and becoming an expert in your own role, explore internet to gain some background information about cloning and try to find answers to these questions: 1) What is cloning? 2) How has cloning started? 3) How is cloning done? 4) Are there different kinds of cloning? If so, what are they? 5) Which animals have been cloned so far? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6) What are the potential benefits of cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7) What are the potential risks of cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are some useful links that you can to use
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 3
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now it is time to select your role and become specialized on the issue. With a short discussion among group members, you can select your own role: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Roles: scientist, ethicist, and legislator.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 4
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Become an expert on your own area and share your findings and evaluation with your group members. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each individual is required to follow his own part as stated below:

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> SCIENTIST **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your task is to collect, analyze and evaluate information to generate your own view point and argument on whether or not humans <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">should be cloned and why. To do this, you need to be prepared to answer such questions as the following to clarify and testify your argument: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) What are the benefits of cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) What are the potential benefits of human cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) What are the risks of cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) What are the potential risks of human cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) Do the benefits outnumber the risks? Why? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6) What are the new research and experiments being done currently?


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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Get prepared to discuss your argument with your group members and to write your group report. **

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ETHICIST **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As an ethicist, your task is to explore, examine, and evaluate your findings on the issue and present your argument on whether or not humans should be cloned and why/why not. Get prepared to answer such questions as the following while you are doing your task: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) What are the potential benefits of human cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) What are the potential risks of human cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Do we need to clone humans? Why/Why not? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) Who should decide to allow or ban human cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) What should be the ethical standards?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You might want to follow the links below to carry out your task: **
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Get prepared to discuss your argument with your group members and to write your group report. **

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LEGISLATOR **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a legislator, you are responsible for exploring the policies, laws and regulations regarding human cloning. You need to examine, analyze and evaluate your findings to generate your argument and to position yourself in the debate. Try to answer the following questions while carrying out your task: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) What are the current policies, laws and regulations regarding human cloning? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) Should human cloning be banned or allowed? What should be the role of the governments? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Is there a potential need to control and direct research and experiment on cloning? Who should hold this power? Why?


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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Get prepared to discuss your argument with your group members and to write your group report. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 5
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Collectively, write your group report and be ready to present it to your classmates by using Power point.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your group report should be 3 pages in length. The data table in your report could be in any form or about any subtopic but has to present accurate information. It is also required that you provide one additional page which includes a list of references (the resources on the web that you made use of through carrying out this task).

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As for the Power-point presentation, you will be given fifteen minutes. It is advised that you spare a few minutes of your presentation for answering the questions of your classmates (if there will be any).


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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Resources
> **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basic Genetic Information: ** > <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click here first for [|Cloning vocabulary] > <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] > [] > [] > [] > [|http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/educationkit/video.html] Video of human genome project > [] Current genetic issues > [|http://www.exploratorium.edu/genepool/genepool_home.html>>] > [|http://play.rbn.com/?dcionline/dcionline/demand/schools/cloneage.rm] > [] > > **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Proponents of Cloning sites: ** > <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [] > [] > [] > [] > [] > [] > [] > [|http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/...] > [] > [] > [|http://humancloning.org] > **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Opponents of Cloning sites: ** > <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] > [] > [] > [|http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/English/SCI/tech/newsid_1550000/1550464.stm] > [] > [] > [] > [|http://www.indianchild.com/human_cloning.htm] > [] > [] > [] > []

This activity is an adaptation of the following webquests [|Cloning in Focus Web Quest] [|Human Cloning. Why Not?] [|The Pros and Cons of Cloning]