The mammal copiers – advances in cloning
Activities
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.
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 – 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.
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Page updated November 2009.