Pamela Ronald “The case for engineering our food”
Before watching this TED talk by Pamela Ronald:
1. What does “genetic modification” mean to you?
2 Do you know of foods that have been genetically modified that are regularly consumed by Americans? If you do not know of any, look one up online. List at least one. Tell us the reason why it was genetically modified.
3 What are your opinions on genetically modified foods?
After watching this TED talk:
4 How do the scientific experiment(s) described in this talk contribute to advances in our knowledge of biology or what scientific problem are they trying to solve? Do you feel that the experiments described in this talk will help solve these issues, why or why not? Write 3-4 sentences.
5 List at least 3 types of plants that are now being genetically modified for human consumption that you learned about from this talk.
6 Write at least one paragraphs on whether or not this TED talk changed your mind at all about genetically modified food.
