Postit Poll Lets make a Postit graph Get

Post-it Poll

Let’s make a Post-it graph • Get a Post-it from your • Use a marker to put your first and last name on the Post-it • Place the post-it in the location that best describes your stance on the topic • Example: Mode of transportation to school # of people teacher Mode of transportation to school Car Bus Bike Walk Mode of transportation

# of people My stance on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) Pro-GMO Anti-GMO IDK Take about 30 seconds to bring up your post-it and place it in one of these categories

http: //www. gmo. news/2016 -04 -19 -not-safe-to-eat-rats-fed-lifetime-of-gmo-corn-grow-horrifying-tumors-die-veryearly. html

Let’s read a bit of the article… • Genetically modified (GM) corn is rat poison. That is at least what the results of a controversial study linking GM feed with cancerous tumor growths in rats would seem to suggest. • During a two-year study, originally published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini of the University of Caen and colleagues discovered that rats fed Monsanto’s “Roundup Ready” corn developed significantly more tumors than rats not fed GM corn. In addition, rats fed a GMO diet developed aggressive tumors and died sooner than rats in the control group, reports Natural News. • Even more alarming, the study found these adverse health reactions were observed in rats exposed to Roundup Ready herbicide at levels many regulators regard as safe.

# of people My stance on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) Pro-GMO Anti-GMO IDK Does anyone want to move their post-it?

What does Bill Nye have to say?

# of people My stance on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) Pro-GMO Anti-GMO IDK Does anyone want to move their post-it?

We are a country divided… • 39% of those polled say GM foods are worse for health than non-GMO foods. http: //www. pewinternet. org/2016/12/01/the-new-food-fights/

People have very strong views on both sides of this topic. Are you prepared to analyze their claims?