Task: Should artificial methods of genetic control and genetic engineering continue to be researched? After reading a variety of information and persuasive text, write an argumentative essay that addresses the question and support your position with evidence from the text(s). Be sure to acknowledge competing views.
Purpose: This task is designed to be a culminating activity for you to draw from your knowledge of what you learned in the heredity unit. you will demonstrate your knowledge of how traits are passed on from one generation to the next. Take it a step further and research artificial methods of genetic control and argue your informed opinion on these practices.
The Purdue OWL site has excellent help for writing.
Curry, Andrew. "Seeds of Conflict." Discoverer: n. pag. Discoverer. Web. 3 June
2014. <http://discovermagazine.com/2013/april/16-seeds-of-conflict>.
Lemonick, Michael. "Designer Babies." Time Magazine 11 Jan. 1999: n. pag. Print.
Log into Discovery with your school login. Search "Designer Babies".