Saturday, December 15, 2007

ELSI paper feedback

Lessons Learned:

"I didn't realize that the paper could ONLY be three pages. I had delete the hard work that I did."
"Never trust technology, words are easier to read than squares."
"Footnotes are fun."
"Hard to miss a lot of class and still write a paper."
"Make sure that my own words and my sources are divided."
"Double check your sources...Just because the title says what you need, doesn't mean the paper contains helpful information."

What did we learn through our research?

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act is in the process of being passed...Eugenetics is the science of improving a the human genetic population...GM foods have a positive and negative side, for example: GM foods can create new unknown allergens...No laws have been passed about genetic information...Exploring the link between DNA and behavior...

Where are we going from here?
When we return from break we will jumping into chapter 20 (DNA Technology & Genomics) and chapter 21 (the genetic basis of development). We are going to try a new class structure where the first class period will be a lecture, the second period we will go to the ARC and do research and the third period you will present what you learned to your peers.


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