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The use of animals in research: resources for schools

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Starter 1 - What animals?Explores the types and number of animals used in research
Starter 2 - What do we know?Students question what they know from an image of an animal
Activity 3 - What is animal research?Explores the purpose of different types of research
Activity 4 - Are animal experiments painful?Investigates the levels of severity of procedures and how they are counted
Activity 5 - Reducing the impactLooks at the application of reduction, refinement and replacement
Activity 6 - What are the motives?Students explore websites using a guidance sheet to work out the motives of organisations
Activity 7 - Putting on the pressureStudents watch video clips showing different perspectives to look at the rights and wrongs of protest and how individuals and groups can influence government decision making
Plenary 8 - What do people think?Students compare and evaluate four perspectives, ranging from ‘Anything goes’ to the ‘Abolitionist’
Plenary 9 - The role of the lawStudents consider whether the law is effective in protecting animals and researchers
Assessment activity 10 - Active citizenshipStudents develop a campaign or presentation to inform a particular audience of the issues

Last Updated Thu, 20 December 2007

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