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Goals & Objectives
Upon completion of this WebQuest, students can be expected to meet the following objectives:
1. Define the terminology involved in cloning technology.
2. Describe the principles of cloning.
3. Explain the major features of three types of cloning.
4. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of cloning science.
5. Analyze the potential outcome of human cloning.
6. Determine the impact of this technology on social, economical, medical and moral issues.
7. Evaluate the data to conclude an opinion and support it with appropriate resources.
NJ Core Curriculum Standards
This WebQuest meets Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 for reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and media literacy. Students will understand and be able to read a variety of materials and texts with fluency and comprehension; write in a clear, concise, organized format suitable for different audiences and purposes; speak in clear, concise, organized language; listen actively to information as provided by a variety of sources; and be able to access, view, evaluate and respond to print, nonprint and electronic texts and resources.
This WebQuest meets Math Literacy Standards 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 for number and numerical operations, patterns and algebra, data analysis and probability and mathematical processes. Students will perform standard numerical operations and estimations, be able to represent and analyze relationships among variable quantities and solve problems involving patterns, functions and algebraic concepts and processes. Students will be able to analyze data, and use this to model situations, solve problems, analyze and draw appropriate inferences from data. Students will be able to use math where appropriate to make connections and reason effectively.
This WebQuest meets Science Literacy Standards 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, and 5.5 for using scientific processes to develop problem-solving, decision-making and inquiry skills, reflected by formulating usable questions and hypotheses, conducting systematic observations of Click and Clone, interpreting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions and communicating results. Students will develop an understanding of how people of various cultures have contributed to the advancement of science and technology and how major discoveries and events have impacted on science and technology.
Students will understand the relationship between science and technology and gain an understanding of the characteristics of life, the structure of organisms and the overall diversity of life.
This WebQuest meets Social Studies Literacy Standards 6.1, 6.2 and 6.5 for the ability to utilize historical thinking, problem solving and research skills to maximize their understanding of civics, and economics. Students will know, understand and appreciate values and principles and the rights, roles, and responsibilities of citizens of the world. Students will acquire an understanding of key economic principles as they relate to cloning.
This WebQuest meets the Technology Literacy Standards 8.1, and 8.2 in such that students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and solve problems and they will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology as it relates to the individual, society and the environment.
For more detailed information about the NJ Core Curriculum Standards go to http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/.
Pedagogy Components
Concrete Sequential learners prefer step-by-step directions and derive info from hands on experience. The use of detailed structured directions presented in an orderly manner, as required in the completion of Task #1 and Task #2, and in the process section of the WebQuest, will benefit sequential types of learners. They will enjoy the individual task because they will be asked to write down the sequential steps of the cloning method.
Abstract Sequential learners are intellectual, analytical and theoretical by nature. They enjoy searching for answers to guiding questions as we have presented in the process section of our WebQuest. They will benefit from working with Internet links provided that will guide them towards further reading. AS learners will appreciate solving and reporting answers to the guiding questions and the debate question because the assignment requires the use of reasoning.
Concrete Random learners are inventive, independent,, risk-takers. CR learners will enjoy the actual debate because of the opportunity to ask open-ended questions and the use of critical thinking in order to support their view on cloning.
Abstract Random learners are imaginative, emotional, holistic and flexible. The AR learners will be impressed with colorful pictures used in the WebQuest. They will be amused with Internet links that are relevant to the completion of tasks. They will truly appreciate the fact that during the actual debate, they will interact with other team members in order to achieve the objective of this cloning debate.
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence is defined as the ability to use words and language. These types of learners will benefit from our cloning WebQuest debate forum because their skills, which include listening, understanding the meaning of the information presented and remembering information in order to present supporting evidence, are all called upon to successfully complete the tasks presented.
Logical/Mathematical Intelligence is described as the ability to use reason and logic. These learners will use their ability to think conceptually in logical and numerical patterns, while making connections between pieces of information about the benefits/risk of cloning and the costs of cloning methods based on the statistical data they will uncover and have to use in this WebQuest.
Visual/Spatial Intelligence is the talent for understanding and the ability to perceive the visual. These learners will benefit from images presented in the WebQuest and in the guiding internet links. They will enjoy completing the Click and Clone Task because those students will tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid images to retain information.
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence is defined as the ability to handle objects skillfully. These learners express themselves through hands-on experience, which they will enjoy when they will connect to Click and Clone and are asked to clone a mouse following directions that require them to interact with the computer and the mouse.
Interpersonal Intelligence learners have the ability to relate and understand others. These types of learners will benefit from interacting with group members while preparing for the debate. Those learners will have an opportunity to see things from another person’s point of view. They have an advantage and are able to sense feelings, intentions and motivations readily. Additionally, they are capable of making critical judgment calls because they use empathy in order to understand people’s moods and feelings.
Intrapersonal Intelligence is described as the ability to self-reflect and be aware of one’s inner state of being. These learners will benefit from the individual task because they will have a chance to recognize their own strengths and weaknesses. During the actual debate they will reflect on their role in relationship to others.
Mary Cicitta, Marta A. Poznanska, Linda Zenkert