Asexual Reproduction Activity: Cloning Article and Questions

Use this cloning article to introduce students to the pros and cons of CLONING, a technology that could change the way humans influence the inheritance of traits – supports NGSS standards MS-LS3-2 and MS-LS4-5.

This activity pairs well with our Genetic Engineering Reading & Questions.

In this activity, students will:

• Read an informational text about the basics of cloning
• Learn about the arguments FOR and AGAINST cloning humans
• Answer several text-dependent reading comprehension questions
• Formulate a paragraph stating if they are FOR or AGAINST human cloning using details from the text

Teacher Notes:

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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS3-2: Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
• NGSS MS-LS4-5: Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.