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Interaction time....
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Biotechnology WebQuest
Issues Concerning Genetic Engineering
A WebQuest for Third Year (Biotechnology)
Designed by
Balve G. Granido
abetgrans@yahoo.com
Introduction
The Task
The Process
The Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion
(April 10, 2007)
Template adapted from Bernie Dodge, http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html
Introduction
Biotechnology is a word that evokes different responses in people. For some, it is a word of hope, because of its potential to solve a myriad of health, environmental, and food supply problems. For others, it is a word that causes fear, that we might be dealing with dangerous, unknown things. In this webquest, we will find out what are the controversial issues regarding Biotechnology involving genetic engineering. You will be the one to facilitate in resolving conflicts embodied in the said issues.
Introduction
The Task
The Process
The Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion
(April 10, 2007)
Template adapted from Bernie Dodge, http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html
Introduction
Biotechnology is a word that evokes different responses in people. For some, it is a word of hope, because of its potential to solve a myriad of health, environmental, and food supply problems. For others, it is a word that causes fear, that we might be dealing with dangerous, unknown things. In this webquest, we will find out what are the controversial issues regarding Biotechnology involving genetic engineering. You will be the one to facilitate in resolving conflicts embodied in the said issues.
The Task
The people are confused because of the emergence of so many issues regarding genetic engineering. Therefore, you will act as conflict negotiator/facilitator of the different controversial issues concerning Biotechnology involving genetic engineering.
The people are confused because of the emergence of so many issues regarding genetic engineering. Therefore, you will act as conflict negotiator/facilitator of the different controversial issues concerning Biotechnology involving genetic engineering.
The Process
To accomplish the task, follow these steps:
1. Your teacher will divide the class into 4 groups. Each group must choose a role to play. Please refer to the roles of the experts.
2. After choosing a role to play, review reading about the task assigned to your team. A list of online articles is given in the Resources section. Each group is given a list of resources. You must read first the resources assigned to your group. As you read, take detailed notes for the section of the team report that is assigned to you. Please refer to this section for your guide.
After reading the resources assigned to you, you can now visit the other web resources assigned to your other groups. This is to allow you a broader perspective on the different issues concerning Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. You have one week for this part of the research. You will submit a photocopy of your compilation to your teacher. The original copy will be keep by the group.
3. Meet as a team to go over your notes. Each member will present her/his individual notes. The members will examine the notes if it includes issues concern (on the field where their group is assigned), sufficient data supporting the issue, proper reference is cited, and if the rest of the experts agree with the remarks/interpretation given by his co-member (Peer evaluation). The team will come up with a unified interpretation on the different issues concern. Individual notes will be compiled in preparation for the next task.
4. The next task for the team is to summarize their final output in a powerpoint presentation. The members of the team will distribute specific task to each other in the making of the powerpoint presentation. Refer to Team members power point experts. Before you begin your next task which is the making of the powerpoint presentation, please be guided by scoring guide (rubrics for group powerpoint presentation).
You have one week for this part. Then submit a copy of your narrative report to the teacher of what the group has done for this week.
5. The team will self evaluate their final powerpoint presentation. They will do this by having a dry run of the different slides. Try to evaluate one by one the slide included in the powerpoint presentation. Remember that each slide has its own purpose why it is included in the presentation. Edit, revise or change the slide if you think it will not work for its purpose. If the group thinks that the powerpoint presentation is ok, then try to practice the oral presentation. Again, each member will try to practice the oral delivery of the powerpoint presentation. Then after everybody has done it, the group will decide who will be their final discussant.
The final presentation will be on the third week. So please get ready and be the best among the best.
1. Your teacher will divide the class into 4 groups. Each group must choose a role to play. Please refer to the roles of the experts.
2. After choosing a role to play, review reading about the task assigned to your team. A list of online articles is given in the Resources section. Each group is given a list of resources. You must read first the resources assigned to your group. As you read, take detailed notes for the section of the team report that is assigned to you. Please refer to this section for your guide.
After reading the resources assigned to you, you can now visit the other web resources assigned to your other groups. This is to allow you a broader perspective on the different issues concerning Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. You have one week for this part of the research. You will submit a photocopy of your compilation to your teacher. The original copy will be keep by the group.
3. Meet as a team to go over your notes. Each member will present her/his individual notes. The members will examine the notes if it includes issues concern (on the field where their group is assigned), sufficient data supporting the issue, proper reference is cited, and if the rest of the experts agree with the remarks/interpretation given by his co-member (Peer evaluation). The team will come up with a unified interpretation on the different issues concern. Individual notes will be compiled in preparation for the next task.
4. The next task for the team is to summarize their final output in a powerpoint presentation. The members of the team will distribute specific task to each other in the making of the powerpoint presentation. Refer to Team members power point experts. Before you begin your next task which is the making of the powerpoint presentation, please be guided by scoring guide (rubrics for group powerpoint presentation).
You have one week for this part. Then submit a copy of your narrative report to the teacher of what the group has done for this week.
5. The team will self evaluate their final powerpoint presentation. They will do this by having a dry run of the different slides. Try to evaluate one by one the slide included in the powerpoint presentation. Remember that each slide has its own purpose why it is included in the presentation. Edit, revise or change the slide if you think it will not work for its purpose. If the group thinks that the powerpoint presentation is ok, then try to practice the oral presentation. Again, each member will try to practice the oral delivery of the powerpoint presentation. Then after everybody has done it, the group will decide who will be their final discussant.
The final presentation will be on the third week. So please get ready and be the best among the best.
Resources
Medical Aspects: Stem cell research
URL: http://www.house.gov/stupak/issues_stemcell.shtml
http://ed.augie.edu/~egcruse/brief.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week448/perspectives.html
http://www.kumc.edu/stemcell/early.html
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/risks.html
Agricultural Aspects (plant an animal):
URL: http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/focus/2003/gmo7.htm
http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/cafe/biotech.html
http://www.saynotogmos.org/
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib762/aib762.pdf
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/risks.html
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/animalwelfare/publications/docume%20nts/biotech.htm
Environmental Aspects:
URL: http://www.greenfacts.org/gmo/2-genetically-modified-crops/5-gene-flow.htm
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/risks.html
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FE/FE34700.pdf
http://www.princeton.edu/~chm333/2004/Bioremediation/Conclusion.htm#top
Religious Aspect/Bioethical aspects:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FE/FE34700.pdf
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/IE/#Anchor-Environmental-3800
http://www.spreadinglight.com/contemporary/cloning.html
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001359/135928e.pdf
http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem.htm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-%205815865132067823255&q=Cloning&hl=en
5815865132067823255&q=Cloning&hl=en
Additional Resources:
Medical Aspects: Stem cell research
URL: http://www.house.gov/stupak/issues_stemcell.shtml
http://ed.augie.edu/~egcruse/brief.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week448/perspectives.html
http://www.kumc.edu/stemcell/early.html
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/risks.html
Agricultural Aspects (plant an animal):
URL: http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/focus/2003/gmo7.htm
http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/cafe/biotech.html
http://www.saynotogmos.org/
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib762/aib762.pdf
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/risks.html
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/animalwelfare/publications/docume%20nts/biotech.htm
Environmental Aspects:
URL: http://www.greenfacts.org/gmo/2-genetically-modified-crops/5-gene-flow.htm
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/risks.html
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FE/FE34700.pdf
http://www.princeton.edu/~chm333/2004/Bioremediation/Conclusion.htm#top
Religious Aspect/Bioethical aspects:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FE/FE34700.pdf
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/IE/#Anchor-Environmental-3800
http://www.spreadinglight.com/contemporary/cloning.html
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001359/135928e.pdf
http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem.htm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-%205815865132067823255&q=Cloning&hl=en
5815865132067823255&q=Cloning&hl=en
Additional Resources:
Stem Cells
Evaluation
The first evaluation is self-evaluation followed with the peer-evaluation (co-members). Refer to the individual notes.
The second evaluation is during the presentation of the output. It uses the rubric for group presentation.
Final Grade will be the sum of the grade on Individual Notes + Group Presentation.
Conclusion
Completing the task on this webquest develop your analytical mind as well as sharpened your critical thinking skills in the different issues you have just tackled and resolved.
After doing this project, I hope that you will become a good negotiator/facilitator in whatever conflict that may arise in the school, at home or in the community. Remember that sound decision is based on looking at the key points on both sides of the issue or the conflict.
The first evaluation is self-evaluation followed with the peer-evaluation (co-members). Refer to the individual notes.
The second evaluation is during the presentation of the output. It uses the rubric for group presentation.
Final Grade will be the sum of the grade on Individual Notes + Group Presentation.
Conclusion
Completing the task on this webquest develop your analytical mind as well as sharpened your critical thinking skills in the different issues you have just tackled and resolved.
After doing this project, I hope that you will become a good negotiator/facilitator in whatever conflict that may arise in the school, at home or in the community. Remember that sound decision is based on looking at the key points on both sides of the issue or the conflict.
Congratulation for finishing the task on time!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Dalton in Action
More Daltons in Action
More Pictures (Biotechnology Classroom Activities)
What's that? A Branching Carrots?
A GM what?
Benjie with his Resistant Pechay...
Gene Cloning
www.cheric.org/ippage/e/ipdata/2004/02/file/e200402-301.pdf
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::535::535::/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120078/micro10.swf::Steps+in+Cloning+a+Gene
http://www.maxanim.com/genetics/Cloning%20Gene/Cloning.Gene.htm
www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/lectures/index.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::535::535::/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120078/micro10.swf::Steps+in+Cloning+a+Gene
http://www.maxanim.com/genetics/Cloning%20Gene/Cloning.Gene.htm
www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/lectures/index.html
Monday, September 10, 2007
Treasure Hunt on Genetically Modified Crops
Balve G. Granido
Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School
Cagayan de Oro City
abetgrans@yahoo.com
Introduction
Have you eaten a GM (Genetically Modified) Crops? Can you name some GM crops? And can you make one?
In this treasure hunt, you will know what a GM crop is and how it is made.
Here is how the treasure hunt works: In groups of three or four, look for the answers to the questions below in the websites listed. Simply click on the website URL or address to be able to open and read it. Read each website carefully. Write your answers to the questions neatly on a separate answer sheet with the names of group members written on it.
After answering all of the small questions, proceed to the Big Question. Be sure to work as a team.
Questions
1. What is a Genetically Modified Crop/Plant? How a Genetically Modified Crop does differ from a normal or ordinary crop?
2. List down at least 3 foreign GM crops and 3 local (Philippine) GM crops
3. How plant is genetically modified?
4. How Bt Corn is introduced in the Philippines?
5. Enumerate the steps in making Bt Corn.
6. In what ways GM crops benefited the people?
7. Is GM crops safe for human consumption?
Web Resources
· Title: Asia's First: The Bt Corn Story in the Philippines Title (Video)
URL: http://www.isaaa.org/kc/inforesources/videos/btcorn/default.html
· Title:How a plant is genetically modified
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/sci_nat_how_a_plant_is_genetically_modified/html/1.stm/
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/animation.html
· Title: Global Status of Approved Genetically Modified Plants
URL: http://www.agbios.com/dbase.php?action=Synopsis
· Title: How are GM crops made
URL: http://www.bcp.org.ph/faq/faq03.html
· Title: Documented Benefits of GM Crops
URL: http://www.isaaa.org/kc/inforesources/pocketk/default.html
· Title: Scientific Facts on Genetically Modified Crops
URL: http://www.greenfacts.org/gmo/index.htm#4
· Title: Genetically Modified Crops
URL: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1860943535&id=sFIYtf6d-gkC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&ots=JFs-FIRdz3&dq=GM+crops+in+the+philippines&sig=ZJpT9CK9XN59UVmk_B0s-_TZzFM#PPA86,M1
· Title: Video on GMO
URL: http://www.ualg.pt/anuncios/Divulgacao/JRC/txt_v/contents/videos.htm
The Big Question
The group will make a (hypothetical) Genetically Modified Plant of their choice. Then the group will do the following (based on their own work):
Ø Illustration/drawing showing how they make their GM crop (Manila Paper)
Ø Enumerate the steps involved in making their own GM crop
Ø Identify the desired gene
Ø Identify the undesired gene
Ø Name the GM plant made
Ø Cite the contribution of the GM plant made
The group will report and submit their work tomorrow. Please indicate the specific task done by each member. Assign one to facilitate the reporting but everybody should be involved in the question and answer portion.
(April 10, 2007)
Template adapted from Tom March, http://www.ozline.com/templates/hunt.html
Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School
Cagayan de Oro City
abetgrans@yahoo.com
Introduction
Have you eaten a GM (Genetically Modified) Crops? Can you name some GM crops? And can you make one?
In this treasure hunt, you will know what a GM crop is and how it is made.
Here is how the treasure hunt works: In groups of three or four, look for the answers to the questions below in the websites listed. Simply click on the website URL or address to be able to open and read it. Read each website carefully. Write your answers to the questions neatly on a separate answer sheet with the names of group members written on it.
After answering all of the small questions, proceed to the Big Question. Be sure to work as a team.
Questions
1. What is a Genetically Modified Crop/Plant? How a Genetically Modified Crop does differ from a normal or ordinary crop?
2. List down at least 3 foreign GM crops and 3 local (Philippine) GM crops
3. How plant is genetically modified?
4. How Bt Corn is introduced in the Philippines?
5. Enumerate the steps in making Bt Corn.
6. In what ways GM crops benefited the people?
7. Is GM crops safe for human consumption?
Web Resources
· Title: Asia's First: The Bt Corn Story in the Philippines Title (Video)
URL: http://www.isaaa.org/kc/inforesources/videos/btcorn/default.html
· Title:How a plant is genetically modified
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/sci_nat_how_a_plant_is_genetically_modified/html/1.stm/
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/animation.html
· Title: Global Status of Approved Genetically Modified Plants
URL: http://www.agbios.com/dbase.php?action=Synopsis
· Title: How are GM crops made
URL: http://www.bcp.org.ph/faq/faq03.html
· Title: Documented Benefits of GM Crops
URL: http://www.isaaa.org/kc/inforesources/pocketk/default.html
· Title: Scientific Facts on Genetically Modified Crops
URL: http://www.greenfacts.org/gmo/index.htm#4
· Title: Genetically Modified Crops
URL: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1860943535&id=sFIYtf6d-gkC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&ots=JFs-FIRdz3&dq=GM+crops+in+the+philippines&sig=ZJpT9CK9XN59UVmk_B0s-_TZzFM#PPA86,M1
· Title: Video on GMO
URL: http://www.ualg.pt/anuncios/Divulgacao/JRC/txt_v/contents/videos.htm
The Big Question
The group will make a (hypothetical) Genetically Modified Plant of their choice. Then the group will do the following (based on their own work):
Ø Illustration/drawing showing how they make their GM crop (Manila Paper)
Ø Enumerate the steps involved in making their own GM crop
Ø Identify the desired gene
Ø Identify the undesired gene
Ø Name the GM plant made
Ø Cite the contribution of the GM plant made
The group will report and submit their work tomorrow. Please indicate the specific task done by each member. Assign one to facilitate the reporting but everybody should be involved in the question and answer portion.
(April 10, 2007)
Template adapted from Tom March, http://www.ozline.com/templates/hunt.html
Friday, July 27, 2007
List of references for the topic "Central Dogma"
Tour of the Basics (genetics)
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/
Central Dogma
http://stardec.ascc.neu.edu/~bba/CBIO3580/DOGMA/DNA_CenDog.html
DNA structure “animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAanatomy.html
DNA Replication
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/
Instruction:
1.click on subscriber log in
2.then type this password for student....ghs05sis
3. click science
4. scroll down...click biology
5.click molecular biology
6.click interactivity, DNA replication
7. then click launch BIOSCOPE
8. click replicating DNA, then DNA machinery
http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/replicat.htm
DNA replication “Animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAreplication.html
Transcription “animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranscription.html
Translation “animated
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html
DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org/a/index.html
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/
Central Dogma
http://stardec.ascc.neu.edu/~bba/CBIO3580/DOGMA/DNA_CenDog.html
DNA structure “animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAanatomy.html
DNA Replication
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/
Instruction:
1.click on subscriber log in
2.then type this password for student....ghs05sis
3. click science
4. scroll down...click biology
5.click molecular biology
6.click interactivity, DNA replication
7. then click launch BIOSCOPE
8. click replicating DNA, then DNA machinery
http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/replicat.htm
DNA replication “Animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAreplication.html
Transcription “animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranscription.html
Translation “animated
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html
DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org/a/index.html
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
List of Researchable topics
SUGGESTED AREAS FOR POSSIBLE RESEARCHES:
I. Solanaceous Crops like eggplant, tomato and bell pepper
Ø Cultivation using conventional nutrition and protection program against fully organic application;
· Analysis of harvest yield such as taste, volume, quality of fruits of plants grown in coastal areas
Ø Concoct your own pesticide from indigenous plants
II. Ornamental Plants
Ø Can plants absorb pollution? What are these plants? How much amount pollution is absorbed by a certain species of plants? Visit NASA website.
Ø How to package dragon fruit in order to preserve its taste?
Ø How to process dragon fruit in order to make it more palatable?
Ø How to extract sugars from flowers? From “tuba”? From plant sap and juices?
Ø Which flowers contain more nectar?
Ø Effects of butterfly cast as fertilizer, disinfectant, repellant, insecticide, hormone, etc.
Ø Effects of mristematic juice on the growth of certain plants
Ø Cultivation from bud Eyes of Pineapple or Bromeliad Plants: Survival and growth rate
Ø Formulation of beauty products from common plants
III. Banana
Ø Banana flour production; and its products (e.g. cookies)
Ø Banana catsup production
Ø Treatment of Fuarium disease in Banana Plants
IV. Food Processing
Ø Using calamansi peels (and other peelings) as candies
Ø Production of Pectin from calamansi seeds
Ø Wine production from Camote, Cassava or Watermelon
Ø Extraction/ Production of Sugar from Certain Fruits
Ø Comparison of food packaging materials
Ø How safe is our drinking water?
Ø Detection of pathogenic microbes in fishballs, or any other street foods
Ø Is heated bottle of mineral water safe to drink?
Ø Detection of pathogenic bacteria in salted eggs
Ø Rice cookies fortified with vegetables such as malunggay and carrots
Ø Herbal tea production with Stabia leaves
Ø Vegetable base for ice cream using squash, etc.
Ø Vegetable cookies or pies
Ø Effects of Cutting Stem Tips on the Sweetness of Sweet Corn
Ø Effects on Ripening Temperature on the Color of Tomato and Other Fruit Vegetables
Ø Comparison of the Two Methods of Vinegar Fermentation on the Quality of Vinegar
I. Solanaceous Crops like eggplant, tomato and bell pepper
Ø Cultivation using conventional nutrition and protection program against fully organic application;
· Analysis of harvest yield such as taste, volume, quality of fruits of plants grown in coastal areas
Ø Concoct your own pesticide from indigenous plants
II. Ornamental Plants
Ø Can plants absorb pollution? What are these plants? How much amount pollution is absorbed by a certain species of plants? Visit NASA website.
Ø How to package dragon fruit in order to preserve its taste?
Ø How to process dragon fruit in order to make it more palatable?
Ø How to extract sugars from flowers? From “tuba”? From plant sap and juices?
Ø Which flowers contain more nectar?
Ø Effects of butterfly cast as fertilizer, disinfectant, repellant, insecticide, hormone, etc.
Ø Effects of mristematic juice on the growth of certain plants
Ø Cultivation from bud Eyes of Pineapple or Bromeliad Plants: Survival and growth rate
Ø Formulation of beauty products from common plants
III. Banana
Ø Banana flour production; and its products (e.g. cookies)
Ø Banana catsup production
Ø Treatment of Fuarium disease in Banana Plants
IV. Food Processing
Ø Using calamansi peels (and other peelings) as candies
Ø Production of Pectin from calamansi seeds
Ø Wine production from Camote, Cassava or Watermelon
Ø Extraction/ Production of Sugar from Certain Fruits
Ø Comparison of food packaging materials
Ø How safe is our drinking water?
Ø Detection of pathogenic microbes in fishballs, or any other street foods
Ø Is heated bottle of mineral water safe to drink?
Ø Detection of pathogenic bacteria in salted eggs
Ø Rice cookies fortified with vegetables such as malunggay and carrots
Ø Herbal tea production with Stabia leaves
Ø Vegetable base for ice cream using squash, etc.
Ø Vegetable cookies or pies
Ø Effects of Cutting Stem Tips on the Sweetness of Sweet Corn
Ø Effects on Ripening Temperature on the Color of Tomato and Other Fruit Vegetables
Ø Comparison of the Two Methods of Vinegar Fermentation on the Quality of Vinegar
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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