Read the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14Biology-t.html
The questions pertain to the FIRST HALF of the article.
1. What is the competition they are involved in about?
2. What is the spotlighted group trying to do?
3. What have genetic engineers been doing?
4. Provide three examples of what companies are doing with genetic engineering?
5. What does implanting new DNA code do to an organism?
6. What is the exciting part about genetic engineering to the people interviewed for this article?
7. What is BioBricks? What is two examples of cells in BioBricks?e
8. Why do the community college students have a tougher time entering the contest? (3 reasons)
9. What is the group's idea?
10. How has this week's information changed your view of genetic engineering?