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Personal Genetics Education Project
Personal Genetics Education Project
Based in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, the Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd) promotes awareness and benefits as well as ethical, legal and social implications of personal genetics. This series of six interactive resources for teachers of secondary science will also engage students in discussions and debate about these topics:
- Consumer genetics
- Genetics, History and the American Eugenics Movement
- Genome Editing and CRISPR
- Introduction to personal genetics
- Personalised medicine
- Reproductive Genetic Testing: Technology, access and decision making
Each resource provides background reading for both teacher and students alongside presentations, activities, worksheets and quiz sections. The guides contain information and activities that are designed to enhance students’ knowledge of genomics, to develop their skills of research, analysis and communication, and to suggest starting points for project work. The materials also extend student’s knowledge and understanding in the ethics and laws of this area of genetic development.
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Consumer genetics
In this resource students analyse the benefits and concerns regarding genetic tests being sold to consumers. Information contained in genomes and implications upon health and identity are considered as part of the activity. The ethics and laws surrounding this procedure are examined. Accompanying slide...
Genetics, History and the American Eugenics Movement
In this resource students consider why the eugenics movement took root in the USA and the role society played in promoting the ideas of eugenics leaders. The ethical implications of genomic technologies and the laws in place now to promote new advances in genetic medical treatments for diseases are outlined.
...Genome Editing and CRISPR
This resource provides students with debate and discussion style activities based upon genome editing. This process allows scientists to make changes to a specific “target” site in the genome. One of the techniques that has generated the most excitement, is called “CRISPR.” CRISPR stands for “clustered regularly...
Introduction To Personal Genetics
This interactive resource introduces students to the field of personal genetics, highlighting the potential personal and societal impacts of widespread DNA analysis. It sets the stage for discussions about developments in genetic technologies and applications for healthcare, ancestry explorations, and the criminal...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Biology |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
| Published by | 
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxganw |
