1. You, and the members of your research team,  will be selected by the
             teacher.

        2.  Each member of the group should decide upon one
            of the four professional positions of the Research
            and Development Team.

        3.  A group leader needs to be selected and will correspond with the company President at the end of each week by e-mail.

4.  Use the topic links on the RESOURCEpage for the area that each member of the team intends to investigate.  You are to use ONLY the selected research sites within the links provided.  You are not allowed to use other links or web sites during your class period.  Any items that are saved must be placed in your "S" drive on the server.  You will be given instructions on how to do this later during your project.

5.  Your group needs to identify the plant or animal to alter.  This may take some brainstorming on your part.

      6. Research the animal/plant you intend to alter by looking at
             it's habitat,  physical makeup, and research other similar plants and
             animals on how they may be affected with this modification.

      7. Research the production and distribution of the product(s)
            which your plant or animal will be used for.  Decide how your
            genetic change will affect these processes, if at all.

      8. You will research the environmental impact of your genetic
            change.  Will it change the environment where the plant is
            grown or where the animal is raised?  Will it change the
            environment where the product is manufactured or distributed?
            Will it change the environment where the product is used?

      9.   Research the ethics of what you are doing!  Is GENO-TECH
            going to have trouble getting this alteration approved by the
            government?  What about lawsuits for health or environmental
            problems?  Remember, bad publicity could make the profit on

            this product negligible.

     10. Will the alteration be financially profitable?  Research the amount of money that could be made from this genetic alteration.  (If you alter something that only a few people would buy each year, it's probably not worth all of the engineering that went into it!)

     11. Team members will meet weekly so leader can update
Company President.

     12. While discussing your weekly progress, you need to address the
            questions asked in the TASKand explain to the group how it relates
            to developing a new genetically engineered food product.

     13. After each member has had three visits to investigate their topic, all
            members will meet to discuss all the questions related in the TASK.
            At this point the group will decide on their proposed genetically altered
            food product, and prepare for how their product will be presented to
            Dr. Hopkins and the Scientific Community.

     14. The entire project will last for five weeks, and your team will have
            access to your research and hardware two times per week.

     15. The last two weeks of the project will be devoted to preparing for
            the final presentation.  You, and the members of your Team will
            prepare a Power Point Presentation to present to the Company
            President.
     16.  All members will contribute in the development and presentation of
            your modified food, and will be responsible in preparing their particular
            contribution to the presentation.

     17. Your presentation should be visually appealing and factually accurate
            as you attempt to persuade your critics of your money-making
            invention.  Remember, you are working hard to save the company, and
            more important, YOUR JOB!  DO THE BEST YOU CAN.