Harvest of Fear

1. What is a GM Crop?
A crop that has been genetically modified to have better results, such as larger crops, more surviving crops, or more crops of high quality. There are also other modifications that can be made to GM crops.

2. List 2 arguments FOR the growing of GM crops
Good for economy
easier to grow and take care of


3. List 2 arguments AGAINST the growing of GM crops.
Allergies might become more prevalent
Bacteria in the body may pick up antibiotic-resisting genes form the GM crops

*Read some of the reader’s responses.



Engineer a Crop

4. Practice this simulation until you get the largest ears of corn. How many times did it take you?
Only one try!


What’s for Dinner?

*Click on the foods on the table to see what research is being done to bioenginner the foods.

5. List two foods and desribe how they are being modified.
Fries: Potatoes are being modified to absorb less oil when cooked
Coffee: Coffee is being modified to have different caffeine levels.

Viewpoints
*Read the article titled “Are GM Food Sufficiently Regulated in the US?”
Do you think food should be labeled if it has been genetically modified? Why or Why not?
Yes, because many people who are against genetically modified foods would like to know the ways the products they are using have been grown, much like the reason people want to know if food has been locally grown.

Finished? Go to www.yahooligans.com and type "genetic engineering" in the search field. Browse some of the sites that pop up.

(Yahooligans is better than yahoo, the sites tend to be picked for education rather than for scientists and universities, you'll find more understandable and interesting sites on yahooligans than you will with Yahoo)

Write down any of the sites you visited below.

http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/gen_eng.htm

http://www.eco-pros.com/genetic_engineering.htm