Apologia Bio: Designer Baby Project

The Bio class is creating blogs as part of a project.  Here is a status update.  Lydia's blog is coming along.  Not so much for Sophie and Meg.  This morning, I'm supervising their research.  The place to start is for the kids to come up with a working definition of designer babies, largely in the context of IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.  I have the girls locate germane video and web sites.  Get them to read web sites and watch the videos.  Otherwise they'll cut and paste randomly.  The goal is three-fold: what does the Catholic teach, what are the moral issues surrounding this controversial topic, and the integration of technology into the curriculum.  I like to incorporate technology--but, not for the sake of adding technology.  A blog feels more authentic.  People earn their income through blogs!  I deliberately have the kids add video, photos, and links for their blogs.  We use Imgur as a work around to add photos since my iPad stopped inserting images.  Arrggh.  Meg and Sophie are now online.