Genetics learners read an article and watch a video about personalized medicine and the hope it holds for treating patients more specifically than doctors currently are able to. They research, design, and produce a brochure about the possibilities. The link for the optional presentation does not work, but the website it leads to contains valuable resources for your genetics or bioethics unit.

Concepts

bioethics, biotechnology

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Additional Tags

biotechnology, bioethics, personlized medicine, science

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Pros

• Applicable to Common Core State Standards for science and technical subjects
• A very current topic about cutting-edge technology
• Links to many pertinent articles are included
• Thorough lesson plan includes a scoring rubric

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.11-12.2 RST.11-12.6 RST.11-12.7