Decide on the age group at which
your material is to be aimed.
Carry out a survey or vote among
your target group before the display is put up
to find out what proportion of the group is in
favour of human cloning for stem cell research,
and what proportion supports all human cloning
including reproductive cloning. Record your findings.
Work on your own or in a small
group to produce a ‘manifesto’ to
go up on the wall as part of a bigger display.
Your part of this display will argue the case
for ONE side of the argument about whether or
not human cloning should be allowed to take place.
Overall, the whole display should provide arguments
on both sides. Here's what to do :
Decide whether you wish to put
the case FOR or AGAINST human cloning. Use a variety
of resources to help you make your decision –
the material on this site is a good starting point.
Other sites such as the BBC
and New
Scientist can be relied upon to have interesting
and authoritative articles on topics such as human
cloning. There are many other websites which can
give you different sides of the arguments. Use
a search engine to find these.
Now plan your display material,
making sure that whatever line you take your ideas
are backed up with as much scientific evidence
as possible. Your material should be no more than
one side of A4 of text plus any images you want
to use. You need to express your views for or
against human cloning clearly and articulately.
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- Be very precise about
whether you are talking about ALL human
cloning – including that
needed for stem cell research – or
reproductive cloning only.
- Try to make sure that
there are arguments both for and against
in the display – if everyone
is either for or against cloning, then
some people will have to argue for the
opposite camp!
- Make sure that the level
of content (reading age etc) is appropriate
for your target group.
- Once the material has
been displayed for a week or so, repeat
your initial survey or vote and analyse
the data to see if access to your information
has changed people’s views.
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