The use of animals in research: resources for schools
| Title | Content |
| 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 impact | Looks 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 pressure | Students 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 law | Students consider whether the law is effective in protecting animals and researchers |
| Assessment activity 10 - Active citizenship | Students develop a campaign or presentation to inform a particular audience of the issues |
Last Updated Thu, 20 December 2007