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Grow Your Own Body
As people live longer the demand for new organs to replace failed ones increases. One possible solution is to build new organs in a dish from cells taken from the patient’s own body. Students use evidence from case studies to work out if this is possible and then to decide whether this new technology offers a good alternative to transplants.
Learning objectives include:
*Apply knowledge about cells, tissues and organs in a new context.
*Access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information to decide if a new technology will be possible in the next ten years.
Curriculum links include:
Key Stage Three:
*Working Scientifically: Recognise applications of specific scientific ideas. Access, evaluate and synthesise information in order to justify a decision based on new technology.
*Cells and organisation: the hierarchical organisation of multicellular organisms: from cells to tissues to organs to systems to organisms.
GCSE:
*Working Scientifically: Development of scientific thinking: explain everyday and technological applications of science; evaluate associated personal, social, economic and environmental implications; and make decisions based on the evaluation of evidence and arguments.
*Growth and development of cells: discuss potential benefits and risks associated with the use of stem cells in medicine.
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