Current BatesConnect Learning Tools: “Science/Technology”
What Is Climate?
This five-minute video explains different climates, how they work, and what they look like. There is also a worksheet to accompany the video.
Online Learning Skills
Three short videos describing and demonstrating skills related to Zoom, Google Drive, and Gmail.
A Cure to HIV Leads to a 3-Year Jail Sentence?
This 15-minute slideshow describes how CRISPR-mediated genome-editing was used to modify the genomic DNA of two humans, as well as the role of bioethics in deciding whether this technique should (or should not) have been performed.
The Ethics of Embryo Gene Editing
This is a short presentation that describes the process of the CRISPR system and how it can be used for embryo gene editing.
CRISPR Gene Editing: Changing the Future of Science
Twelve-minute presentation explaining mechanisms and CRISPR gene editing and it’s applications. Reviews some examples of how it can be used and the advantages/disadvantages of such an advanced editing system (including review of ethics).