Introduction
Attention Grabber: Have you ever heard of a GMO?
Materials: PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Google Chrome
(Transition): Why should I care?
B.
First Major Point: What are GMO’S? A. What does GMO stand for? What does it mean? 1. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism. 2. It means that an organism has had its genes changed to form a better product.
B. What organisms are genetically modified, and who modifies them? 1. Most organisms that are modified are agricultural, and are consumed by the human population. 2. Agriscientists modify them.
C. Why do we have GMO’S? 1. Scientists modify these organisms in hopes to produce a better healthier product for consumers. 2. However, there is a large debate on …show more content…
Why some feel that we need GM foods. 1. With an ever increasing global population, massive 3rd world hunger, and with an estimation that a child dies for every two seconds worldwide from starvation; this does not even take into account the number of people who are mal and undernourished, there is a great promise in the use of this technology to benefit not only the farmers, but also societies worldwide 2.
B. Environmental benefits 1. Soil salinity has become a major problem in all agriculture. This has made crops less able to grow and in some cases unable to grow at all. 2. Thus we need to research the possibility of using the genes of salt tolerant plants species (eg: mangrove) in our agricultural crops
C. Human Benefits 1. Food can now be fortified with iron through genetic modification, which may help contain a global health crisis. Scientists have also figured out ways to introduce vitamin A into rice, creating a new strain of “golden rice” that could help prevent blindness in millions of poor children. 2. In other words, if scientists are allowed to genetically modify foods, then they can insert helpful vitamins and minerals into foods for the malnourished
Attention Grabber: Have you ever heard of a GMO?
Materials: PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Google Chrome
(Transition): Why should I care?
B.
First Major Point: What are GMO’S? A. What does GMO stand for? What does it mean? 1. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism. 2. It means that an organism has had its genes changed to form a better product.
B. What organisms are genetically modified, and who modifies them? 1. Most organisms that are modified are agricultural, and are consumed by the human population. 2. Agriscientists modify them.
C. Why do we have GMO’S? 1. Scientists modify these organisms in hopes to produce a better healthier product for consumers. 2. However, there is a large debate on …show more content…
Why some feel that we need GM foods. 1. With an ever increasing global population, massive 3rd world hunger, and with an estimation that a child dies for every two seconds worldwide from starvation; this does not even take into account the number of people who are mal and undernourished, there is a great promise in the use of this technology to benefit not only the farmers, but also societies worldwide 2.
B. Environmental benefits 1. Soil salinity has become a major problem in all agriculture. This has made crops less able to grow and in some cases unable to grow at all. 2. Thus we need to research the possibility of using the genes of salt tolerant plants species (eg: mangrove) in our agricultural crops
C. Human Benefits 1. Food can now be fortified with iron through genetic modification, which may help contain a global health crisis. Scientists have also figured out ways to introduce vitamin A into rice, creating a new strain of “golden rice” that could help prevent blindness in millions of poor children. 2. In other words, if scientists are allowed to genetically modify foods, then they can insert helpful vitamins and minerals into foods for the malnourished