Our unit goal is to allow students to investigate, study, organize, question, and share information about genetically modified foods. Students will brainstorm ingredients in tacos and think about genetics' role in the food they eat. They will then read about genetically modified organisms and work in interest groups as entomologists, farmers, or immunologists to research and answer questions to present their findings to the class.

2. Our unit goal is to allow students to:
investigate, study, organize, question &
share information about genetically
modified foods

4. Students Brainstorm:
• Make a Taco • Think about it:
1. Ingredients are – What goes into a taco?
provided on front table • What is it made from?
2. Return to seats and • Where did the tomatoes
enjoy come from?
• Where did the lettuce
come from?
• Where did the meat come
Students will think about how from?
genetics affects what they Who is responsible for
eat. getting it to us? (hint:
farmers, biologists)

5. Now we read! http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/gmo_adv_notes.pdf

6. I will have slides
prepared to
prompt
discussions if
needed.
And suggest
sites to visit to
learn more… if
they ask!

7. Interest groups will divide and students will read, watch, and research a series of
questions to report on.
Groups will play the roles of:
Entomologists
Farmers
Immunologists

8. There will be common
questions and group
questions to answer

9. Oral Presentation
Each team will present
their findings to the
class. They may use
YouTube, SmartBoard,
or any other method of
delivery.

10. •We read literature articles and discussed issues surrounding the use of
genetically modified foods
•We recalled the central dogma of molecular biology- replication,
transcription, and translation
•We worked in groups to relay our common answers