STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) | What is genetic engineering? |
(2) | Do you think genetic engineering is a good thing? |
(3) | What are people worried about who oppose genetic engineering? |
(4) | Do you worry about eating GM (genetically modified) food? |
(5) | Do you think genetically modified food could harm the ecosystems of the areas in which they grow? |
(6) | What do you know / think about the Oncomouse – the mouse specially modified to help in cancer research? |
(7) | Do you think it’s essential to modify genes to create new medicines? |
(8) | Scientists can genetically engineer fruit to contain vaccines at a very low cost – Is this a good idea? |
(9) | What do you think about cloning? |
(10) | Would you like to see a cloned version of yourself? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) | What do you know about genes? |
(2) | Do you think genetic engineering is playing God and that we should leave life as it was created? |
(3) | What do you think of the idea of genetically engineering new bodily organs to replace yours when you are old? |
(4) | What do you think would happen if a GM crop or animal started causing major harm to the environment / us? |
(5) | Genetic engineering might allow parents to ‘design’ their children before their birth – What do you think of this? |
(6) | Should genetic engineering go ahead to eliminate human flaws, such as violence, jealousy, hate, etc.? |
(7) | What if scientists create a monster human? |
(8) | What do you understand by the term ‘genetic aristocracy’? |
(9) | If someone’s genes are changed a lot, are they the same person? |
(10) | Does the government have the right to limit how far we modify ourselves? |