This PowerPoint covers what transgenesis is, the steps involved, cloning vectors, recombinant DNA technology, 3 methods used to make transgenic animals, implications, and the advantages.
Slides 1-16.
Introduce GMOs using this activity. Comes with instructions, playing cards, and worksheets.
Retrieved from: https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/170031-genetically-modified-organisms-dating-game-instructions.pdf
After reading throughs slides 1-16, complete this worksheet.
Slides 17-33.
Find the answers to the questions using the websites linked in the document.
Answers. Do not view this document until you have completed the worksheet.
Slides 16-33.
Complete this worksheet to review what you learned in the previous lesson.
Directions:
View slide 1 and go through the steps.
Then, match the letters on slide 2 with the appropriate numbers.
Answer the questions on slide 3.
Retrieved from: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/genetic-engineering-and-the-spider-goats-6167875
Steps:
Click on support materials and read the back ground essay.
Launch the inter active and work through it.
Answer the following discussion questions:
Describe the basic steps in transgenic manipulation in your own words.
What discoveries about genetics did scientists make that have enabled them to add genes from one organism to another (or engineer genes into an organism)?
Slides 16-33.
Link to lab: https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/transgenic-fly-virtual-lab
Work through the lab using the worksheet. Write your answers.
Use the slides below for this lesson.
Read through these slides to learn about knockout and knockdown genes. I found this slideshow online and then edited it--unfortunately, I cannot find the orginal link.
Answer these questions using the information from the Knockout/Knockdown PowerPoint.
Slides 34-47.
List pros and cons of genetically modifying plants and animals.
Have a look at this to see if there are some answers you didn't think of.
Transgenic Cows
Introduction: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/834-transgenic-cows-introduction
Making a Transgenic Cow Interactive: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/image_maps/39-making-a-transgenic-cow
Confirming a Cow is Transgenic Interactive: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/image_maps/40-confirming-a-cow-is-transgenic
Modified Milk: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/843-transgenic-cows-making-modified-milk
Making Therapeutic Proteins: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/856-transgenic-cows-making-therapeutic-proteins
Future Uses: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/880-future-uses-of-transgenic-cows
Transgenic Crops
Making a Transgenic Plant Interactive: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/image_maps/62-making-a-transgenic-plant
Economic Impacts: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2180-economic-impacts-of-gm-crops
GM Crops: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2616-genetically-modified-foods-a-socio-scientific-issue
Ethics
Debate Activity: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/863-role-play-ethics-and-transgenics
Ethics: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/861-ethical-frameworks-and-transgenics
Ethics (Cows): https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/862-ethics-of-modifying-cows-with-human-genes
Techniques