Activator Week 34 Day 1

Make a prediction about changes in any one of these areas that will occur in the next 20 years:

1. Field of medicine (anything health related)2. Agriculture (farming and livestock)3. Industry (business, technology, service)

Millions of children go to bed hungry every night. If there were drought and disease resistant crops, everyone in the world would have enough to eat.

Statement #1

Scientists should be allowed to genetically

engineer crops.Agree or Disagree?

People often treat their pets like members of the family. When the pet dies, it causes a great deal of sadness.

Statement #2

Scientists should be allowed to clone family pets.Agree or Disagree?

Parents always want the best for their children, but we live in a cruel world. Some kids get teased for being different.

Statement #3

Scientists should be allowed to manipulate genes so that

parents can pre-select the traits they want in their unborn

children.Agree or Disagree?

Writing Assignment• Option #1: Describe at least three benefits of any one

of the actions being taken (genetically engineered crops, cloned pets, selecting traits of unborn children)

• Option #2: Compare and contrast the pros and cons of any one of the actions being taken (genetically engineered crops, cloned pets, selecting traits of unborn children)

• Option #3: Predict some of the harmful effects of any one of the actions being taken (genetically engineered crops, cloned pets, selecting traits of unborn children)