Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

MANDURRIAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Q. Abeto St., Mandurriao Iloilo City

Lesson Plan in Science

PERPETUATION OF LIFE

I. Learning Objectives
After the end of the lesson, the students shall be able to:
1. describe the process of genetic engineering.
2. discuss the risks and benefits of research on genetically modified organisms.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. TOPIC: GENETIC ENGINEERING
B. CONCEPTS:
Genetic engineering is the development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and
technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of
a cell, organism, or population.
C. VALUE FOCUS: Responsibility,
D. PROCESS SKILLS: Questioning, Creating
E. REFERENCES: Senior High School Earth and Life Science Curriculum Guide

III. LEARNING TASKS

A. RECALL
Genes are inherited from parents and are important because they determine much about behavioral,
mental, and physical traits. Every gene contains a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) code that gives the cell
instructions about how to make specific proteins which form the basis for the structural framework of
life.

B. MOTIVATION:
Students are asked to share their prior knowledge about the movie “The Hunger games” and discuss
how the mockingjay is formed.

C. LESSON PROPER
Presentation of the Lesson
Medical science has progressed and genes can now be changed through genetic engineering.

How is it done? In this process, scientists insert the genetic instructions to make a specific protein into a
cell's DNA. The cell will manufacture the protein, which affects a particular characteristic, and the cell
will also pass the new instructions on to its offspring. Genetic engineering gives scientists the ability to
improve and alter the basic composition of a living cell. This is called biotechnology.

Students are shown examples of genetically modified organisms and crops.

1. Activity Students cut out the sentences listed below that shows the process for genetic
modification and put them in the correct order.

The gene is removed using restriction enzymes.

The crop plant is grown and now contains the inserted gene.

The gene is inserted into a vector/ host cell.

The gene that is responsible for the disease resistance is identified.

A naturally occurring plant that is resistant to the disease is found.

 2. Analysis What is a genetically modified organism?
What are the risks and benefits associated with biotechnology?
What might happen if the tools of biotechnology spread to everyone, and lead to “an
explosion of diversity of new living creatures”?

3. Abstraction Genetic engineering is the development and application of scientific methods,

procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in
order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.

Steps in Genetic Engineering:

The gene that is responsible for the disease resistance is identified.

The gene is removed using restriction enzymes.
The gene is inserted into a vector/ host cell.
The crop plant is grown and now contains the inserted gene.
A naturally occurring plant that is resistant to the disease is found.

Possible risks:
Relying on eugenics, or selecting the genetic makeup of future children. This practice
may give people the power to control some personal traits, such as having blond hair
or being tall. Taken to an extreme, this could eliminate some traits.

Possible benefits:
 Eliminating genetic diseases. For example, geneticists think it may be
possible to eliminate genetic diseases such as Tay-Sachs through
careful and methodical screening programs.
 Screening unborn babies. This refers to screening for genetic disorders
either before a pregnancy takes place or in the early months of a
pregnancy. More information would give prospective parents more
options in dealing with their infants' problems.
 Treating diseases. For example, scientists are working on ways to
insert cells from embryos into cancerous cells as a way to stop the
growth of cancer.

Biotechnology is a powerful tool and that scientists have had to consider many
ethical issues surrounding it. As a result, the new field of bioethics has emerged.
Bioethics is the study of the ethical implications of biological research and
applications, especially in medicine; it involves examination of the benefits and the
risks of biotechnology.

4. Application If you could engineer an organism, what would you engineer, and why?
What impact would your genetically modified organism have on the
environment/society?

IV. Evaluation
Copy and complete the concept map below on a ¼ sheet of pad paper
Concept Mapping
V. Agreement
Research for a modified food, and design an infographic for it. Output can be drawn or computerized.

Show example of an infographic