The Fermilab ARISE Project

Debates on Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

References

Synopsis

Scenario

Student Pages

Index

A bulleted list of your annotated links. Include the name of the site and the URL as a link. Under the link include a couple sentences on why the student might find this site useful.

 

The Fermilab Education Office Homepage: http://www-ed.fnal.gov"

This is a wonderful site filled with information for students about particle physics including a newspaper with cartoon and puzzles and an opportunity to calculate the mass of the top quark using real data!

Global SchoolNet: http://www.geneletter.org/0597/currentoc.html

A great resource for teachers. Specifically the Projects Registry is great for advertising projects you wish to collaborate on with teachers all over the web.

Whitney Young High School Home Page

http://www.wyoung.cps.k12.il.us

All about our school.

The AAASMP: Minority Perspectives on Values and Ethical Issues in Science and Technology: http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/aaasmsp.htm

A listserv for the discussion of minority perspectives on science and technology.

Sources of Concern about the Uses of Biotechnology: http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/cals/cses/chagedor/sources.html

This is an essay on public and scientific concerns about the future of biotechnology.

 

MedWeb: Bioethics: http://www.guidetohealthcareschools.com/library/medical-ethics

A bibliography of other bioethics resources

Human Genome Project Information: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues: http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/resource/elsi.html

The Human Genome Project's own bioethics program.

Access Excellence: About Biotech: Ethical Issues of the Human Genome Project: http://www.gene.com/ae/AB/IE/Ethical_Issues_of_the_HGP.html

A summary of the views and controversies about the Human Genome Project.

The Big Vote on Cloning: http://www.cvp.com/cgi-local/bigvote.pl?topic=cloning

Internet Magazine's survey on the cloning issue.

Animals as Inventions: http://epn.org/ippp/sagoff1.html

An article published in the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy on the ethics of patenting genetically engineered organisms.

Moral and Ethical Issues in Gene Therapy: http://webzone1.co.uk/www/srtproject/genthpy1.htm

The Church of Scotland's Society, Religion and Technology Project publication on their position.

Xenografts and Animal Rights: http://envirolink.org/arrs/essays/xeno.html

This article evaluates the ethics of transplanting animal organs into humans.

Ethical Issues in Science Activity: http://web.mthcsc.wfu.edu/~havnaer/ethical.html

Another teacher's similar project. Good for issue ideas.

Students Against Genetic Engineering: http://www.sage-intl.org/

A student group's rationale for opposing genetic engineering food.

Australian Genethics Network: http://www.peg.apc.org/~acfgenet/welcome.htm

A debate on the various uses of genetic engineering.

Ethical, Legal and Social issues in Science: http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html

A website specifically for middle and high school students.

Science Debates & Ethical Issues Websites: http://outcast.gene.com/ae/RC/debates.html

Genentech's Access Excellence list of sources for this issue.

The Gene Letter: http://www.geneletter.org/0597/currentoc.html

A periodical publication on a variety of genetics issues from a variety of perspectives.


Authors: Angela Dumas
The Fermilab ARISE Project sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and Friends of Fermilab. Funded by the The Illinois State Board of Education.
Created: July 1, 1997
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