Part 2-Model Classroom Lessons
The following 23 lessons are designed for classroom use.
They are all edited or revised versions of lessons created by
teachers in our institutes. These lessons cover a wide range of
topics and grade-levels. At least one lesson is included that
is designed for each of the science courses commonly offered in
secondary schools, including middle schools, junior high
schools and senior high schools. Some of the lessons are
adaptable for use in several subjects and grade-levels.
Each lesson conforms to the following format
- Title of Lesson
- The author(s) of the lesson
- Which science course(s) the lesson as written and is
designed for
- The kind of teaching activity employed in the lesson.
(For example, a hands-on laboratory exercise, an organized
student debate, a panel discussion, student responses to case
studies, discussion of ethics issues involved in a science
fiction story, etc.)
- Which one, or more of the following categories of
ethics-related issues best describes the lesson: Behavior of
scientists, behavior of students, social issues, or
honesty
- A listing of the principal ethics/values issues that are
raised by the lesson
- A detailed lesson-plan, instructions for the teacher, and
materials for the students
- A discussion of the appropriate use of the lesson, and
the ethics/values issues that the lesson is designed to
explore
List of model lessons by science class for which they are
appropriate
Lessons for any secondary school science class
(1) Alas, All Human
(2) Student and
Teacher Behaviors in Science Classrooms
(3) Keeping a Science
Journal
(4)
Honesty in Reporting Research
(5) What Kind of
Research Should Our Government Support?
Lessons for
middle and junior high school general science
(6) Low Birth weight
Infants
(7)
Fraud in Science: Circumstances and Consequences
(8) Recycling
Lessons for earth
science classes
(9) Dune Road
(10) Summer
Home
(11) The
Landfill
(12)
Pinebarrens
(13) The Automotive
Plant
Lessons for
biology classes
(12)
Pinebarrens
(14) Ethics Issues
From Science Fiction
(15) The
Envelopes
(16)
The Human Genome Project Structured Controversy
(17) Whose Life Is
It?
(18) My
Friend Linda
(19) The Race for the
Double Helix
Lessons for chemistry classes
(10) Summer
Home
(11) The
Landfill
(13)
The Automotive Plant
(20) Reporting
Data
(21)
Ethics in the Science Laboratory
Lessons for
physics classes
(21) Ethics in the
Science Laboratory
(22) The Law of
Inertia
(23)
Handling Discrepancies
Listing of model
lessons by categories of ethics issues that they
illustrate
Behavior of scientists
(1) Alas, All
Human
(3)
Keeping a Science Journal
(4) Honesty in
Reporting Research
(7) Fraud in Science:
Circumstances and Consequences
(13) The Automotive
Plant
(14)
Ethics Issues From Science Fiction
(19) The Race for the
Double Helix
(20) Reporting
Data
(22) The
Law of Inertia
Behavior of students
(2) Student and
Teacher Behaviors in Science Classrooms
(3) Keeping a Science
Journal
(4)
Honesty in Reporting Research
(21) Ethics in the
Science Laboratory
(23) Handling
Discrepancies
Social issues
(3) Keeping a Science
Journal
(5)
What Kind of Research Should Our Government Support?
(6) Low Birth weight
Infants
(7)
Fraud in Science: Circumstances and Consequences
(8) Recycling
(9) Dune Road
(10) Summer
Home
(11) The
Landfill
(12)
Pinebarrens
(14) Ethics Issues
From Science Fiction
(15) The
Envelopes
(16)
The Human Genome Project Structured Controversy
(17) Whose Life Is
It?
(18) My
Friend Linda
(22) The Law of
Inertia
Honesty
(1) Alas, All
Human
(2)
Student and Teacher Behaviors in Science Classrooms
(3) Keeping a Science
Journal
(4)
Honesty in Reporting Research
(7) Fraud in Science:
Circumstances and Consequences
(20) Reporting
Data
(21)
Ethics in the Science Laboratory
(23) Handling
Discrepancies