Read the Mother Courage article and the DIY scientist articles. What major ethical error did a doctor make in the Mother Courage article? How do you attribute the difference in insight between this doctor and that shown by Jill Viles?
Write your answers as a reply in the comments section
Tell the class the following
Where you are from
What you hope to learn in this class
What you find most interesting about Genetics.
If you have taken on-line classes, what has specifically helped you learn on line. What type of activities help you most? Reading? Videos? Interactive activities? Others?
Which was your favorite activity?
List one thing you learned from that activity and 2 things that you learned from other activities (Say what the activities are. Use the name on the slide)
Read the Mother Courage article and the DIY scientist articles. What major ethical error did a doctor make in the first article? How do you attribute the difference in insight between this doctor and Jill Viles?
Write your answers as a reply in the comments section
As shown in the video you watched, recent experiments claim that two babies have been born that were genetically engineered to resist HIV infection. Should this or any similar genetic modifications (which can be passed from generation to generation unlike standard gene therapy such as the one used to treat the woman with the vision problems ) be allowed for humans?
Watch the video below (It is long but well worth it)
When you are finished, answer the following questions in a reply to this blog post
(1) Was Rosalind Franklin “Robbed”?
(2) What “rights” do scientists have to their data? Do they “own” it?
(3) What do you think of Gosling’s statement at the end of the video about who was responsible for Wilkins (and thus Watson and Crick) seeing the data?
(4) Did Rosalind Franklin “steal” Wilkins’ student (Raymond Gosling)?
(5) Do you think something like this would happen today? Have times changed?
(6) Were Watson and Crick too careless in their first model, or is this ( as some have suggested) just how science works, by trial and error? Was Franklin too cautious?
Part 1
Find 2 resources on meiosis (Videos, Readings, Images, Activities that you find useful Give only 1 of each type)
For each resource give
(1) The URL
(2) The title if available, to avoid duplication
Do not use the following as they are used already in the class
Amoeba Sisters Meiosis video
Crash Course Meiosis video
Please look through the ones that have been submitted to avoid duplication.
Part 2. Respond at least one other students post on how this helps you understand meiosis.
I have to approve all posts so you will not see yours right away.
Here are a few from former students.
(from Jordon Robertson)
from Ender Detlaff
After view the videos find a short article on some aspect of stem cells. Using your own words give a brief summary and explain why you found the article interesting. A good source for such articles is
Give the Url for the article.
