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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the ethical and political justifications for defensive research in germ warfare. They attempt to create a treaty that clearly defines acceptable and unacceptable practices in this controversial area. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the ethical issues raised by three situations in which prenatal testing may be used to prevent or facilitate pregnancy. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students explain what is meant by public trust, explore and debate what is meant by ethics/ethical issues, and analyze and evaluate hypothetical choices and action situations via video or printed literature. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students complete a variety of lab and discussion activities as they are introduced to ethics and honest lab practices. They perform various biology, chemistry, or physics labs which test their ethical lab practices. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students in a special education class examine the United States Constitution. Using the text, they answer five research questions and discuss the amendments that concern medicine, ethics and law of the right to die issue. They develop their own opinions on the issue and present them to the class as a presentation or debate. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students recognize some, but not all ethical processes (e.g., independent verification, clarifying assumptions, disclosing conflicts of interest) that shape scientific endeavors. Students build awareness of how various sources of bias potentially affect outcomes. i Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students explore and discuss the link between values and science. They read several articles on such topics as global warming, cloning, genetically modified crops and animal testing and then identify the subjective aspect of science in relation to these topics. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students demonstrate an awareness that scientific research has ethical implications. They identify challenges that scientist may face both at a personal and work level. They defend or oppose a scientific investigation and examine the concepts of ethics and scientific investigation. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students use a decision-making model that has three general steps: Analysis, Assessment, and Action. Students go through each step of the model, take notes as they go, draw on the first two lesson plans, and then write a 5-page paper that argues for how the case should be decided. Links to first two lesson plans provided. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students develop a personal code of ethics and relate their personal code of ethics to school situations. They discuss steps they will take to resolve ethical issue at school and develop a personal plan to advocate for an ethical school culture. Full Review »
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