Genetic engineering - learning mat

This learning mat allows year 10/11 students to work through at their own pace, includes short activities and exam questions allowing you to facilitate that learning. Leveled activities allow students to meet the following criteria (taken from OCR GCSE science specification):
Foundation:
Define and outline the process of genetic engineering
Describe how bacteria can be genetically engineered and grown in large fermenters to produce large quantities of proteins
Recall that a person’s DNA can be used to produce a DNA ‘fingerprint’ which is unique.
Standard:
Recall that the new type of organism produced by genetic engineering is called a transgenic organism.
Describe the main stages in genetic engineering
Describe how bacteria can be used in genetic engineering to produce human insulin
Describe the arguments for and against the storage of DNA ‘fingerprints’.
Higher:
Explain why genes from one organism can work in another, making genetic engineering possible.
Explain how, because plasmids can be taken up by bacteria, they can be used as ‘vectors’ in genetic engineering.