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Below are
descriptions of just some of the events that CitizenScience
ran through the three year project.
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 Consultation: The ethics of research involving
animalsYoung people attending these events in local Bristol schools had the opportunity to voice their opinions through a national public consultation by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Participants discussed issues surrounding the use of animals in research using a variety of debate formats. Students engaged with topical issues including the use of genetically modified animals, UK regulations and alternative research tools. They contributed to the national consultation through development of their own position statements. |
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Views about animal research from the RSPCA
Views from
the antivivisection campaign group Uncaged
Government policy on using animals in research:
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Information from the Home Office on using animals in scientific
procedures
The Animal Procedures
Committee advises the home secretary on matters concerning the Animals
(Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.890
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Consultation: Can your genes predict your future? Students from three schools in the South West had the opportunity to participate in direct dialogue with government advisors through our consultation event in At-Bristol. High profile experts in genetics and ethics from the Human Genetics Commission and National Screening Body worked with groups of students to explore the social impact of genetically profiling babies. |
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The event involved young people interacting with external experts to
rapidly gather information and exchange views as well as challenging our
experts by asking them to role-play characters from the future who might
be affected by these issues.
Genetic profiling at birth could become a reality in 2020. Advisors were
interested in how our students felt this would affect individual’s
rights, future healthcare and childhood disease. The event culminated in
a presentation of young peoples’ views to an audience of over 25
nationally renowned experts involved in this consultation.
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Ethics, medicine and me Do you have the right to know your biological father? Who deserves assistance with having children? Should we be designing babies? Ethics, medicine and me plunged Key Stage 4 and Post 16 students from Brislington School, Sir Bernard Lovell School and Cleeve School into a series of scenarios based around topical fertility issues. The half-day workshop explored the ethics surrounding these often contentious issues, allowing all students to have their say. Heated discussion focused on both the consequences of decisions being made and the rights of the individuals involved. Click here to download our PDF resources |
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Rainforest Medicines Over 25% of western medicines are derived from rainforest plants. Young people from St. Katherine’s school in Pill joined with legal experts and environmentalists from Wildwalk-At-Bristol to discuss the local and global impact of using plants from the world’s rainforests in drug development. Click here to run your own event using our free online resources including opinions from other young people and experts. |
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Rainforest
Alliance
An international non-profit organisation dedicated to the
conservation of tropical forest
RainForestWeb
An international non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of
tropical forests
International
Ecotourism Society
Full of information about ecotourism and current projects that they are
working on
World Trade Organisation
The World Trade Organisation’s environment and trade site
Opinions
formed during these events have helped shape the design of a brand new
exhibit focusing on young peoples’ attitudes to alcohol in
Explore-At-Bristol
which was launched in 2004.
What do other people think about these issues? Find out at some of these
sites:
Use our resources to run your
own Aftershot event
Pub Quiz
Test your alcohol knowledge.
www.doh.gov.uk/alcohol
Information from the department of health
www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/alcohol
The science of alcohol from the BBC
www.portman-group.org.uk
Promoting responsible drinking
www.hopeuk.org
Drug education and prevention
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk
Useful statistics on lots of topics to do with alcohol from alcohol
concern
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Help dealing with drink problems
Mind, Body and Soul is a health website for young people from the Health Development Agency
Find out more about the Great Reading Adventure, background to ‘The day of the Triffids’ and World Book Day by visiting www.bristolreads.com
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Science from the future
Young people from the Children of the 90’s project took part in a special
Citizen Science summer school creating their own films to explore how
they feel about scientific developments affecting the future. These young
people took on the roles of producer, director, researcher, actors,
interviewers and editors to develop short films with support from a range
of media, film and science professionals.
View the films created
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Spotlight on disease
KS4 students from across the South West took part in this activity as
part of the
BA festival of Science in Exeter.
This engaging and participatory workshop trialled the use of images to
stimulate discussion and debate about the topic of disease and various
bio-medical issues surrounding the subject. Students were given images of
disease to discuss how they may be used in the media (e.g. in Government
health campaigns), the resulting impact they may have and the ways in
which these images affect our attitudes and behaviours. Can a picture
really tell a thousand words?
Browse
winning images from the Visions of Science Competition
Should there be a ‘Fat Tax’? Can we outlaw marketing of fatty foods to
young people? Do healthy eating messages work? Should we have more
community sports facilities?
For more information on this topic:
The Food Standards Agency gives advice on healthy eating, including
steps to tackle obesity.
The BBC's science pages give plenty of facts and figures about
obesity.
TOAST stands for
The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust, and offers advice on methods
of dealing with and tackling obesity.
The Department of Health
website, where current health policies and guidelines can be found.
Click here to use these
resources yourself
The BBC’s site on
the ‘basic’s of being’. Contains information on genes and genetic
technology, great games and fun quizzes.
The Human Genetics
Commission (HGC) is the UK Government’s advisory body on how new
developments in human genetics will impact on people and health care. It
gives Ministers advice on the ‘bigger picture’ of human genetics, with
particular focus on social and ethical issues.
BBC Science Quiz - ‘What sex is your brain?’
Your Amazing
Brain. Explore your brain, take part in
real-life experiments and test yourself with our games, illusions and
brain-benders.
After each
theatre piece, the actors worked with the audience to gauge their
opinions on the issues raised.
Click here to view some of the
performers views and opinions
Find out more about some of the issues in this performance:
Cloning
Human Cloning website. Fairly pro-cloning, includes essays written by
different people on their opinions of human cloning and its benefits.
Website of the Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of
Utah. Includes online games and quizzes as well as lots about the science
of cloning.
Americans to Ban Cloning website. Contains anti-cloning information
regarding the US Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003.
BBC Science Clone Zone. Information on cloning - the techniques and
the ethical issues.
BBC Religion and Ethics website. Debates the ethics of human cloning.
Friends of the Earth campaign to ban cloning.
Genetic Testing for Disease
BBC Health - introduction to genetic disorders and information on
genetic testing for disease.
Understanding Gene Testing. US Department of Health and Human
Services. Discusses the science and the implications of genetic testing.
Human Genetics Commission. Information on topics such as ‘Genetics and
Employment’ and ‘Genetic Profiling at Birth’.
British Council of Disabled People. Debate surrounding pre-natal
genetic testing for disabilities.
University of British Columbia Biotech webpage on the ethics of
genetic testing for disease. Includes classroom activities.
Eating disorders
The National Centre for Eating Disorders. This webpage has a number of
articles on eating disorders that can be used for extra information for
students.
BBC Health- webpage on eating disorders. Contains medical advice and
information on weight issues and eating disorders.
NOVA online website. Details six personal stories of living with
eating disorders.
Mind Body & Soul. Online resource about healthy eating aimed at KS4
pupils.
Cancer
Cancer Research UK website. Provides information on different types of
cancer as well as advice on reducing the risk of cancer and drug
research.
Quit Smoking website. Information on how smoking is linked to lung
cancer.
http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/lung-cancer.html
Forest website - a pro-smoking organisation. This webpage looks at
their views on smoking and health.
BBC Inside Out website. Details of a bogus cancer treatment exposed.
Plastic surgery
American Association of Plastic Surgeons website.
BBC One Life website. The realities of cosmetic surgery.
Kids Health website. Information on plastic surgery for teenagers.
CancerBACUP. Information on plastic surgery for woman who have had
surgery to treat breast cancer.
