Monday, February 27, 2006
A Promise Is A Promise
In the Clerk’s Tale – Patient Griselda,
Griselda promised to always do what her husband asked if he would allow her to take care of her father in her new life.
In the Wife of Bath’s Tale – What Woman Likes Most, the young knight promised the old woman that he would do the first thing that she asked him if she would tell him the right answer.
In the Franklin’s Tale – Three Promises, Dorigen promised Aurelius that she would love him if he could take away all the rocks from the sea and Aurelius promised to pay the magician a thousand pounds if he could remove the rocks.
Is it always right to keep a promise? Why or Why not? Imagine you were Griselda, the young knight, Aurelius or Dorigen, what would you do? ...
Friday, February 17, 2006
To Clone Or Not To Clone?
What is Cloning?
Please look through the following websites to find out more
Recommended websites:
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml
http://science.howstuffworks.com/cloning.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/19697/
Other Websites:
On Religious and Ethical Issues…
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~jones/tmp352/projects98/group1/ethic.html
On the Benefits of Cloning…
http://www.humancloning.org/benefits.php
Online Dictionary (if you want to find out the meaning and pronunciation of any word)
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary
Do a short PowerPoint presentation as a group on “Cloning”
Include:
Title & Names of Group Members
What is Cloning?
Advantages of Cloning
Disadvantages of Cloning
Other interesting points (if any)
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Craving For More?...
Solar System
Unit of Life
