Cloning

The format of this lesson was designed for pupils who struggle with too much writing. This lesson was written as an introduction to cloning for my yr8 KS3 class. The lesson is doesn’t require IT or a lab, however a specialist Biology Teacher would be preferable. The lesson begins with a few questions recapping genetics and inheritance that should be used as a Settler Task and a recap of how Identical Twins are born.
The next part of the lesson provides information about methods of cloning in plants and the method for cloning in animals followed by some comprehension questions and an extended writing literacy task asking pupils to think about why farmers might want to do cloning on certain animals.
There then follows some work on the ethics of cloning. Pupils are provided with newspaper stories about cloning and are asked to decide if they are positive or negative and to explain why.
The lesson ends with some more thought provoking questions about reasons for cloning and asks students to decide if they agree or disagree.