Today we worked on our outline for the presentation, and thought out some questions to ask for the survey.

Possible questions include:
Do you know what stem cell research is?

If no, brief overview of the research, as unbiased as possible:
"Stem cell research is when an entire zygote or cells off of your body are taken directly, and created into stem cells. These are used to form new body parts such as ears, skin or muscles for that person."

Do you believe this is an efficient way to help people recover from disasters or accidents?

Talk about the ethics/morality of this:
"Some argue that this is unethical because the zygote is used up completely, and the fertilized egg is destroyed."

What is your take on this? Is it unethical or is it fine?


We will also be reshaping our model into this:
-Overview
-Current research
-Procedure
-Ethics for and against
-The survey
-Our take on ethics
-Conclusion

With this, we have about 10 minutes for the first 3, and 20 for the ethics, survey and our conclusion.

We have contacted Dr. Ravnik and are awaiting his reply. In the meantime we are working on expanding and annotating our bibliography.

Jesus and I both worked on College apps up until B lunch. After that we did more research on stem cells and got Dr. Ravnik's phone number so we can contact him about info. We are planning on asking a scientist in the field to help us with our project.

Today we discussed a few of our sources, worked on senior survey and took internship badges

Today surveys were released and resumes were due. Although the survey needed to be replaced, we already looked at it. We finished up our resumes, updating them with new summer activities and this year's clubs.

Today we set up the presentation, and how we're planning on breaking it up into parts which will be within the time requirements. The idea follows as:
-Overview
-Ethics for and against
-The survey
-Current research
-Procedure
-Pros and cons
-Possible addition
-Conclusion

Overall 30 minutes is the idea time, 10 for each 3 parts, and 10 for the last two. We plan to do a part on ethics, but move over more towards possibly adding a step to the process to make it more efficient.

Today, the counselor came and spoke to us about college applications for most of the class. We filled out forms on our situations dealing with college.

For our senior thesis, we are working together to examine the morality of stem cell research in modern medicinal practices. Today we worked on the basis for our thesis, and how we are going to split the research and how to present the project. We plan to use a study, using a survey or a research paper to present this thesis.