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i can download the activity but not the teachers notes

Reviewer: mitchell standing

Reviewer: gideon lyons

Is this link working? I am logged in and can open the teacher's notes but not the activity.

Reviewer: Catherine Brown

Linked checked working. Please remember you need an account and to be logged into download. Ed

Reviewer: Lesley Creel

Very good will use it for a mixed ability group.

Reviewer: MARION WILLIAMS

An excellent and fun lesson, the pupils really enjoyed their debate

Thanks

Reviewer: Zahid Butt

I hope that the incorrect dog breed will be corrected.

The picture is a Basset Hound rather than Bloodhound, although they share some facial characteristics they are quite different dog in size and shape.

A good activity but a shame the basic information is incorrect.

This was something pointed out to me by students as well as noticing it as soon as I viewed the resource.

Reviewer: charlotte richards

Nice little activity.
Doesn't take too long and is good for the lower groups. Some of my year nine were able to think up some really good arguments.
NB I didn't use the Simpsons thing; I just asked the students to say how four different people might respond.

Reviewer: W Davies

I've always found the activities on upd8 great to use but I'm rather disappointed with the science facts in this activity and the bias.

Possibilities have been presented as facts - particularly for the Chow Chow and Bulldog. Should a science website be perpetuating the myth that Bulldogs can't self- whelp or that every Chow Chow gets entropian .I dislike the definition of pedigree breeding as being the breeding of 'closely' related dogs when in fact you've descibed line -breeding (in-breeding). Pedigree breeding by definition is simply the breeding of one KC registered Bulldog to another and although some breeders carry out line breeding(!!) most know that it would only be storing up problems for the future and wouldn't do it.

This was clearly not devised by someone that knows about dogs.

Reviewer: Irene Nickerson

Good activity - provoked lots of discussion with my Y8's. The lesson actually ran over as they debated selective breeding and all wanted the last say!

Reviewer: Sarah Robinson

it was fun all the way ...for the kids and me...and ofcourse the learning outcome was fantastic

Reviewer: SHAILA PRASAD

This looks like good material to stimulate a discussion. i will use it with a year 9 group.

Reviewer: Royston Adams

very useful with my year 9 class and led to good debate and opinions

Reviewer: sophia bidwell

this worked really well as an activity with my year 8 class. got them thinking about the ethical implications of what selective breeding may involve.

Reviewer: Natalie Yarnell

got kids very interested, as theyall have dogs/know somebody with a dog and have lots of opinions on the subject

Reviewer: ana teresa cerdan-malo

Good activity.
I adapted it a little with starter & plenary, so its a lot to fit in to a 50min lesson but the kids found it enjoyable and challenging.

Reviewer: Paula Heaney

This worked really well with my lower ability group. It really got them thinking about ethics.

Reviewer: sophie fossett

My students really enjoyed this approach. The less able ones where immediately stimulated by the dog theme and both classes really enjoyed the group work. We shall undoubtedly teach this again to our KS3 classes.

Reviewer: Phil Matthews

I used this with my year 10 class and it provoked a very interesting discussion. Pupils were able to appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of selective breeding.

Reviewer: Natalie Chapman

Hi I'm a student.
Can someone post some answers for the pedigree ethics activity. The link articles do not give you a real insight into the different opinions.
Thanks.

Reviewer: blank blank

Adapted this with my Y9 - they loved it. It really did get them thinking; only wish we'd had more tiime to explore, in greater depth, the moral issues surrounding selective breeding. Great stuff.

Reviewer: Dawn Jepson

Haven't used this yet but though it looked really good. Have written it into the scheme of work for GCSE Additional Science B3 (OCR) so we will see next year how well it works!

Reviewer: Katherine Swinson

i used this with my year 10 entry level science class and we had a very interesting ideas forwarded about the science and ethics behind selective breeding even though they are very low ability. i extended it by them choosing a particular animal to selectively breed.

Reviewer: debra johnson