Layla Richards, whose aggressive form of leukaemia was treated with genetically engineered immune cells. Photograph: Great Ormond Street Hospital/PA
Text Rendering Protocol
Reading for understanding can be fostered through the use of protocols, such as School Reform Initiative's "Text Rendering Protocol". This protocol can be used to introduce a topic, provide a review, or be used to dig deeper into an issue. Newsworthy events provide an array of texts for classroom use.
The recent treatment of Layla Richards' leukemia using gene editing provides the session example.
Introductory Article: http://time.com/4103289/baby-in-remission-from-cancer-after-gene-editing-therapy/
Intermediate Article: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20151106/gene-editing-baby-leukemia
Detailed Article: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-editing-helps-baby-battle-cancer
Sources for science related articles:
PBS NOVA http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
BBC Science http://www.bbc.co.uk/science
Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/
NY Times Science http://www.nytimes.com/section/science
London Times Science http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/
TIME magazine http://time.com/
Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/
Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/
Discover magazine http://discovermagazine.com/
Nature (primary source) http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html
Science (primary source) http://www.sciencemag.org/
United Nations http://www.un.org/en/
ABC News Health http://abcnews.go.com/Health
NBC News Science http://www.nbcnews.com/science
CBC News Technology&Science http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology
The recent treatment of Layla Richards' leukemia using gene editing provides the session example.
Introductory Article: http://time.com/4103289/baby-in-remission-from-cancer-after-gene-editing-therapy/
Intermediate Article: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20151106/gene-editing-baby-leukemia
Detailed Article: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-editing-helps-baby-battle-cancer
Sources for science related articles:
PBS NOVA http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
BBC Science http://www.bbc.co.uk/science
Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/
NY Times Science http://www.nytimes.com/section/science
London Times Science http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/
TIME magazine http://time.com/
Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/
Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/
Discover magazine http://discovermagazine.com/
Nature (primary source) http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html
Science (primary source) http://www.sciencemag.org/
United Nations http://www.un.org/en/
ABC News Health http://abcnews.go.com/Health
NBC News Science http://www.nbcnews.com/science
CBC News Technology&Science http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology