Presenting on the topic of embryonic stem cell research introduced me to a completely new idea. Before my group and I took on this completely new idea to us, I had a very broad understanding of this form of research and what it could do for the world. Through extensive research by both myself, and my group members, I now have a completely new understanding of the subject, and why there is so much controversy surrounding the subject.
To begin the project, each member of the group chose a lens to research. I chose a religious lens. At this point, we were still unsure of the perspective that we were going to take so we looked for evidence that could support both sides. We created an annotated bibliography and this helped us to be sure that we
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Most of the article were opinionated rather than factual, and because embryonic stem cell research kills the embryo, it goes against most religions and their beliefs. To get the evidence that I needed, I tried to focus on articles that were less opinionated, and instead just stated the belief of a certain religion and why that religion felt the way it did about this form of research. For example, the Christian religion disagrees with embryonic stem cell research, so in order to find articles about this, I found an article that discussed why Christians feel this way, rather than an article that focused on proving why their beliefs were right. By doing this I was able to avoid some of the biases that come with article that are more opinionated. I also tried research multiple religions so that for one, I could have multiple viewpoints, and two, so I could find a religion that supported this form of research so I could write about either perspective. Once we got all our research together, we chose to support embryonic stem cell …show more content…
After researching the religious lens, I had a great understanding surrounding the controversy, but I still didn't entirely understand what embryonic stem cell research was scientifically. This is why it was so helpful working with a group. We all introduced each other to different lenses and this helped everyone to have a better understanding of embryonic stem cell research.
After finishing our essay, my group and I moved into creating a power point. Initially, we only included the ethical, scientific, political, and futuristic. We left the religious lens out because it was the hardest to prove. After practicing the presentation, we realized that we needed it to be longer so I added in a couple slides about the religious lens, being very selective of the evidence that I used. I chose one quote that I felt supported our argument the best.
Although we incorporated all of our lenses, I feel like it was most important to discuss the scientific lens. As it says in our solution, education is the best way to help the controversy. The scientific lens was the most important because this educated the audience on the subject. After we finished adding in all the information, we added in a couple of pictures and charts to make it look more interesting. My group members and I practiced multiple time to make sure that we were ready to talk about the subject and that we could get all the