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
-> 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)
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