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GL3 Kate’s story: Inheritance and the ethical and moral issues
Activities that build on Chapter 3 Kate’s story in Human Genetics and are concerned with understanding the inheritance of spinal muscular atrophy and the ethical and moral issues arising when a family with one child with a genetic disease wish for more children
Activity G12 Watching a video clip about Kate who has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and the use of pre-natal diagnosis (PND) - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To reinforce the concept of dominant and recessive alleles and their role in the inherited disease spinal muscular atrophy
To set the scene for discussing ethical and moral issues caused by genetic testing
To understand the impact of a genetic disease on family life
Media G12.VC Chapter 3 Kate’s story in Human Genetics View this item See DVD
Activity G13 Considering the symptoms and cause of spinal muscular atrophy - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To understand the symptoms and causes of spinal muscular atrophy
Media G13.D SMA - spinal muscular atrophy worksheet View this item G13_D.pdf G13_D_editable_v001.doc
Activity G14 Modelling inheritance of a recessive allele - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To consolidate and extend learning about genetic diseases caused by recessive alleles
Media G14.D Investigating the odds worksheet View this item G14_D.pdf G14_D_editable_v001.doc
Activity G15 Watching a video clip about the ethics of pre-natal diagnosis (PND) - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To understand that people’s beliefs will affect their views on pre-natal diagnosis (PND)
Media G15.VC Chapter 4 Abortion - right or wrong? in Human Genetics View this item See DVD
Activity G16 Considering the options arising from pre-natal diagnosis (PND) - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To understand the implications for parents who have a child with a genetic disease and wish for more children
Media G16.D Pre-natal diagnosis - considering choices worksheet View this item G16_D.pdf G16_D_editable_v001.doc
Activity G17 Watching a video clip about using genetic screening to prevent the birth of people with disabilities - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To develop understanding of issues concerning genetic screening to prevent the birth of people with disabilities
Media G17.VC Bonus material: Screening out disability in Human Genetics View this item See DVD
Activity G18 Considering the implications of pre-natal diagnosis (PND) - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To understand genetic counselling
To understand the role of pre-natal diagnosis (PND)
Media G18.OHT1 Information, reliability and consequences OHT View this item G18_OHT1.pdf G18_OHT1_editable_v001.doc
G18.OHT2 Information, reliability and consequences OHT with possible answers View this item G18_OHT2.pdf G18_OHT2_editable_v001.doc
G18.D Understanding genetic counselling worksheet View this item G18_D.pdf G18_D_editable_v001.doc
Activity G19 Watching a video clip about pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To develop understanding of the pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) procedure
Media G19.VC Chapter 5 Healthy embryo selection in Human Genetics View this item See DVD
Activity G20 Considering the preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) procedure - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To reinforce understanding of the pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) procedure
Media G20.D Can I explain pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)? worksheet View this item G20_D.pdf G20_D_editable_v001.doc
Activity G21 Watching a video clip about the ethics of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To develop understanding of the implications of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Media G21.VC Chapter 6 Is it right to select? in Human Genetics View this item See DVD
Activity G22 Considering the implications of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To reinforce understanding of the implications of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Media G22.D1 Embryo selection - what should be allowed? worksheet View this item G22_D1.pdf G22_D1_editable_v001.doc
G22.D2 Embryo selection case studies View this item G22_D2.pdf G22_D2_editable_v001.doc
G22.OHT Ethics OHT View this item G22_OHT.pdf G22_OHT_editable_v001.doc
Activity G23 Watching a video clip about the role of government in deciding about the medical use of genetic technologies - Mins M View this item
Outcomes To develop understanding of the role of government in deciding about the medical use of genetic technologies
Media G23.VC Bonus material: Role of government in Human Genetics View this item See DVD
Activity G24 Considering the implications of political control of the medical use of genetic technologies - Mins M View this item

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