Cloning-Activities

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Activities \| The mammal copiers – advances in cloning

Biotechnology Australia
- Make a clone of your favourite dog – an interactive activity in which students work through the process of cloning a dog, making choices about an egg source and a surrogate mother.
- Cloning an animal that is extinct – students work through the key steps in cloning a thylacine.
- Should we clone extinct species? – students find out more about cloning extinct species, then present advantages and disadvantages.
- Who or what would you clone? – students consider ethical, economic and social issues associated with cloning.
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
- Send in the clones – a hypo-ethical conference on the cloning of human tissue. Students take on representative roles of various groups involved in making a recommendation to the Australian government with regards to the issues around the cloning of human tissue.
Bioscience for society (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK)
- Dolly worksheet – a case study on the cloning of Dolly. Student support notes and teachers notes are available.
Access Excellence, USA
- Vegetative propagation project
- Unravelling the code of life – a historical perspective of the genetic revolution
Genetic Science Learning Center (University of Utah, USA)
- Cloning in focus overview: Classroom activities index – a number of activities can be accessed from this page. For example, 'Click and clone' is an interactive cloning simulation that enables students to go through the steps required to clone a mouse.
New York Times Learning Network (USA)
- Replicating controversy – students explore the human cloning debate.
- Cloning around – students participate in a round-table discussion based on the ethics and potential of cloning.
Australian National Botanic Gardens
- Propagation from cuttings

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