Genetically modified crops : resources for environmental literacy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Arlington, Va. :
NSTA Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
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Table of Contents:
- Student learning goals
- From benchmarks for science literacy
- From national science education standards
- Background content for teachers
- Essential question 1: what is the science involved in the genetic engineering of crops?
- Essential question 2: how is genetic engineering different from more traditional genetic manipulations, such as hybridization?
- Essential question 3: what steps are usually involved in genetically modifying a crop?
- Essential question 4: what are the known or projected risks and benefits of genetically modifying crops?
- Essential question 5: under what conditions, if any, should crop biotechnology be pursued?
- Student activities
- Activity 1: building proteins
- Activity 2: genetic engineering
- Activity 3: are monarchs threatened by bt corn?
- Activity 4: spectrum of opinion
- Student materials
- Genetic modification
- Designing transgenes
- How do you make a transgenic plant?
- Bounty or bane-taking a position
- The nature of risk.