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Citizen Scientists: A Case For Bioethics

My students need a class set of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for a semester literacy research project about stem cells and bioethics in a biology class.

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My Students

Whose cells are they anyway? Every teacher wants their students to contribute to their community. My students need to develop the skills necessary to make educated decisions about bioethics in their future.

My school is a career technology school dedicated to the agricultural sciences.

It is located in an urban area and the students apply for admission. The mostly minority students travel from all corners of the city to attend our Title I school. Many have to travel over an hour on the bus in the morning and afternoon.

My Project

My students need a class set of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. In the burgeoning field of biotechnology, scientists and citizens will be faced with many novel situations that require ethical decisions which affect many. Analyzing historical accounts of bioethical decisions can help provide students with the tools they will need to make educated decisions in the future. Rebecca Skloot's, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" tells the story of early research into stem cells and encourages readers to examine the question of who actually "owns" the cells.

Today's students will be faced with decisions that we can only imagine.

If educators enable them to develop the tools to analyze situations and make educated decisions, we can be sure that they will become active citizens. Reading this book will help the students begin to develop the tools they need to analyze these situations.

Mrs. Maas-Anger W.B. Saul High School - Agri Sciences Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks • AKJ Books $11.84 33 $390.72

Materials cost

$390.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$431.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.16

Total project goal

$507.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $507.74

1 Donor

-$507.74

Donations toward project cost

-$431.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.16

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