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Pathways

All the resources can be used in a Science or Citizenship classroom. The following pathways give some guidance on the use of the resources if there is not enough time to do them all. Equally, feel free to pick activities that you know will work well with your students.

In a Citizenship classroom

The activities can be used as a group or individual ones can be used as contexts for particular topics.

Activity 6 - What are the motives? – pressure groups
Activity 7 - Putting on the pressure – pressure groups
Plenary 8 - What do people think? – ethical issues and perspectives
Plenary 9 - The role of the law – a context for looking at the effects of legislation
Assessment 10 - Active citizenship – developing a campaign

In a Science classroom

Starter 1- What animals? – the types and numbers of animals used
Starter 2 - What do we know? – questioning an image
Activity 3 - What is animal research? – types of research
Activity 4 - Are animal experiments painful? – the costs of research
Activity 5 - Reducing the impact – an introduction to the ‘Three Rs’
Plenary 8 - What do people think? – ethical issues and perspectives

In a Science and Citizenship classroom

1 to 5 plus 8 as above combined with one or both of these activities on pressure groups.

Activity 6 - What are the motives? – pressure groups
Activity 7 - Putting on the pressure – pressure groups