d)+Cloning

Section 5- Use of Biological resources a) Food Production - b) Selective Breeding - c) Genetic Modification - d) Cloning

d) Cloning
5.17 describe the process of micropropagation (tissue culture) in which small pieces of plants (explants) are grown in vitro using nutrient media 5.18 understand how micropropagation can be used to produce commercial quantities of identical plants (clones) with desirable characteristics 5.19 describe the stages in the production of cloned mammals involving the introduction of a diploid nucleus from a mature cell into an enucleated egg cell, illustrated by Dolly the sheep //5.20 evaluate the potential for using cloned transgenic animals, for example to produce commercial quantities of human antibodies or organs for transplantation.//
 * Learning outcomes //(students will be assessed on their ability to)//**

This topic is a good candidate for peer teaching as the objectives can easily be split into:
 * Approach**
 * Cloning in plants (5.17 and 5.18)
 * Cloning in animals (5.19 //and 5.20//)

Each group should be prepare:
 * Starter (a short activity or movie to gain your students' attention) - should take no longer than 5 mins
 * Presentation (or another method) to communicate the content
 * Learning activity - this could be anything, but it needs to utilise the presentation (etc.) in such a way to reinforce understanding, a simple example might be semi-completed notes which the students have to complete
 * Review questions - which the students complete without notes to test their understanding. It is a good idea to share this at the beginning in order that your students understand what is required of them. Alternatively the review questions could be a homework task to marked the next lesson.

Example summary questions media type="custom" key="27835807"

Examples of student work [under construction]

Green (Edexcel) textbook p221-224
 * Resources**

Watch the cloning process actually happening in this video from HHMI media type="custom" key="23690652"

[|Click and Clone] from Learn.Genetics is a simple fun interactive simulation to help understanding the somatic cell nuclear transfer method of cloning. Also from Learn.Genetics [|What is cloning?] gives you definitions and notes to back up the simulation.

These video tutorials from [|Click4Biology] address each learning outcome. It's recommended that you use them both as part of your learning and your revision. Download links are provided for those who have trouble accessing Youtube.
 * Video tutorials**

5.17 Micropropagation download media type="custom" key="23690648"

5.18 Commercial plant growing download media type="custom" key="23690646"

5.19 Mammal Cloning and Dolly the Sheep download media type="custom" key="23690644"

//5.20 Cloned transgenic animals download// media type="custom" key="23690642"