S3 have been studying genetic engineering. They have been looking at the debate surrounding genetically modified food. To do this they have been using Democs resources produced by the New Economics Foundation.
This is a new approach to involving citzens in public policy issues. The pupils play the democs "game" which involves research, reading and discussion of the issues. They put themselves into "role play" positions given to them on story cards.
After this they vote on policy positions and send their results to NEF who will collate the results and use them to inform the government of the views of the public. They take this into consideration when making new policies on controversial issues. So when a policy is put in place Cedars biology pupils will have had their say!
Here are a few of the cards (there are too many resources to show them all here)
Doesn't Lara Howitt look great!
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