U.4. Human ingenuity

 Human ingenuity

1) Cloning
2) Nanorobotics
3) Genetically Modified Foods

Optional 4) Gender selection

5) Movie trailers: 

                    Gattaca
                    The boy who harnessed the wind
                    The Playlist
                    The Island

            

1) Cloning

What is cloning? Types of cloning? For and against discussion: 

READING: Fertility doctor: I can clone a human being, The Independent (April 2009) 

News report: Have you heard of any recent inventions or discoveries?

->READING: Sunlight-powered 'bulbs' made from plastic bottles light up homes  The Guardian (Dec. 2011) 

-> Movie trailer: The boy who harnessed the wind

->Discuss Magazine article. Study on Vaping (2018)

-> READING: Jean-Michel Basquiat skull painting sells for record $ 110.5m at auction The Guardian (May 2017)

-> READING: 18-year-old student from Tamil Nadu Designs World’s Lightest Satellite Weighing Just 64 Grams Times of India (May 2017)

-> READING: The global village news report example.

WRITING a News report. You'll need to include a photograph!

EXTRA: Cloning fact sheet US Gov.

2) Nanorobotics

Listening and speaking activities

Reading and video activity: Ender's game

3) Genetically Modified Foods

-> Reading: Pros and cons

-> Reading and speaking activities

Video: Give it a minute. Bayer (2021) (1:26min)

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4) Gender selection

-> Reading with actv. IVF Parents travel overseas to pick baby's sex Sydney Morning Herald 

Discussion questions and activities

MOVIE: Gattaca

The boy who harnessed the wind. Movie trailer (2019)

The Playlist (2021) English subs

The Island (2005)