Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms-a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human...

Three cloning experts share their opinions of cloning in these interviews from NOVA: "18 Ways to Make a Baby."

As a class, students work through an example showing how DNA provides the "recipe" for making our body proteins. They see how the pattern of nucleotide bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine) forms the double helix ladder shape of...

Resource presents information about the human genome sequencing project and has links to other genome projects besides the Human Genome Project.

A recent study in which the authors examined the health and ethical issues related to human stem cell research. As a result of this study, Canada did allow human stem cell research to proceed. The report is in PDF format.

This lesson guides students to learn the science behind cloning, explore the benefits and consequences of human cloning, and communicate their knowledge and points of view.

Georgetown University site with a lengthy article on many aspects of gene therapy. Includes background and historical information and numerous resources on the topic. Focus here is on the ethics of these types of therapies.

A cross curricular unit focusing on how much and what kinds of foods are produced because of pesticides and genetically engineered foods. Students will investigate the impact on humans due to the new technology in food production. Topics...

A non-profit research institute that specializes in the capture of genome information on all forms of life, including human. Information is very scholarly.

This link has many tools to help understand the revolutionary sciences and discoveries in genetics.

A complete, student-paced lesson on genetics and inheritance. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.

As humans try to reach the goal of growing enough food to feed all the people, find out how biotechnology is used to help.

Ethical considerations are discussed in an article about the scientific ability to create "designer babies." Identify safety, moral use, effect on society, and whether it is for enhancement or therapy when humans have the option to...

Read a discussion with Francis S. Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, who touches on the role that faith plays in his profession. Collins discusses the Human Genome Project and its goals and results, genetic disorders, and the...

At this site from PBS you can challenge yourself with this quiz to see if you know what is true and what is false in genetic and reproductive technology. You'll be surprised by some of the things that we are currently able to do with...

Examine boundaries between science and ethics as scientists work with genetic testing and discovery.

This artical evaluates the ethics involved with cloning humans. Issues such as legal rights and protection and determining whether it is unnatural self-engineering are addressed.

A timeline that allows students to explore humans' pursuit of a longer and healthier life. Includes major events from fourteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Students learn about the fundamental importance of water, soil, and agriculture in sustaining the human standard of living; and the heavy toll that current agricultural practices take on water and soil resources.

This Department of Energy site has up-to-date information and statistics on the progress of all JGI genome sequencing projects.

Students read through a complete, interactive lesson on biotechnology. An activity at the end allows students to research and present arguments for or against statements about the ethics of gene therapy and gene manipulation.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the pharmaceutical business. Learn about everything from medicine research and development to human resource concerns for a drug manufacturing company. Some interactive illustrations and suggested...

This lesson focuses on cloning. Plants can make identical copies of themselves by asexual reproduction, for example by tubers and runners. Humans have been cloning plants for years and have recently started to develop techniques to clone...

This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.