Genetically Modified Foods: From the Lab to the Dinner Table

This lesson is designed to expose students to the various issues surrounding GMO foods and to help them understand the complexity of the issues surrounding the biotechnology movement. Students can read two PBS NewsHour pieces, both of which involve a variety of perspectives surrounding the GMO issue. Additionally, students will try to identify GMO foods that they have consumed and discuss the "to label or not to label" debate. At home students will be surveying family and/or peers and attempting to identify GMOs they consume on a daily basis.

The article entitled "Food Crisis in Zambia" (2002) will bring a more global understanding to the issue of GMOs and will get students thinking about biotechnology, globalization and ethics.

This activity is correlated to National Science content standards.