How genetically modified plants are made - modelling activity 🦠🌾
Channel: Science and Plants for Schools
Date: 2020-10-15

This video is one of a set of learning resources designed to support the teaching of ways in which plant genetics can be manipulated through selective breeding and genetic engineering to improve crop characteristics. 

This activity supports teaching about the ways in which plant genetics can be manipulated through selective breeding and genetic engineering to improve crop characteristics. Genetic modification is a vital current topic for debate so can be used as a scientific argumentation task to develop students’ ability to evaluate implications and make decisions about technological applications of science, not only scientific content linked to the curriculum, and opportunities for students to develop working scientifically skills through discussion, evaluation, drawing conclusions and writing responses to extended exam questions.

Co-creation of this resource was made possible by an EU grant from EIT Food as part of the WeValueFood project to Science and Plants for Schools.

The written explanation for the genetic engineering task can be found on the SAPS website: https://www.saps.org.uk/teaching-resources/resources/1458/selective-breeding-and-genetic-engineering/

0:00 Introduction to the task
0:08 What you will need
0:42 The desirable trait and the vector
1:49 Using restriction enzymes to cut the DNA sequence 
3:25 Create recombinant DNA using ligase (sticky tape)
4:40 Insert the DNA into the bacterium
5:20 Mix the GM-bacteria with plant cells
6:36 Cultivate these cells in a lab

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