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Hello Kendra,

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has some great articles on how to
approach an ethical decision, which may come in handy.
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/

It breaks down different moral viewpoints such as:
-Which option will produce the most good and do the least harm?
(utilitarian approach)
-Which option respects the rights and dignity of all stakeholders?
(human rights approach)
etc...

You also might check out the European Initiative for Biotechnology
Education, which includes classroom role-playing activities on the
subject of "Biotechnology and the Environment"
www.eibe.info/

Best,
Eric

Exhibit Developer
The Tech Museum



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>Our program is developing a formative evaluation tool to assess high
>school students' understanding and interest of genetics, with an focus
>toward the ethical, legal, and social issues of research focused on
>gene-environment interactions.  Given that the target audience is made
>up of high school students, I'm wondering if there are any interactive
>tools out there that museums or programs have used to do this.
>Additionally, does anyone know of examples in the literature that
>demonstrate successful evaluation tools to assess knowledge of
>genetics?
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>Thank you for any anecdotes or resources you can send my way.
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>
>Sincerely,
>
>Kendra A. Mingo
>Assistant Director, Community Outreach & Education Program Director,
>Hydroville Curriculum Project Environmental Health Science Center
>Marine Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center
>Oregon State University
>223 Weniger Hall
>Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7302
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>phone: 541.737.8892
>fax: 541.737.9023
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>web: http://www.ehsc.orst.edu
>web: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/mfbcenter/index.html
>web: http://www.hydroville.org <http://www.hydroville.org/>
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