DOCUMENT RESUME ED 461 499 SE 061 488 AUTHOR Cutter, Mary Ann G.; Drexler, Edward; Gottesman, Kay S.; Goulding, Philip G.; McCullough, Laurence B.; McInerney, Joseph D.; Micikas, Lynda B.; Mural, Richard J.; Murray, Jeffrey C.; Zola, John TITLE The Human Genome Project: Biology, Computers, and Privacy. INSTITUTION Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs. SPONS AGENCY Department of Energy, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 1996-00-00 NOTE 212p.; Distribution of material supported the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Iowa Genome Center. Accompanying software not available from ERIC. CONTRACT DE-FG03-93ER61584 AVAILABLE FROM Biological Science and Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, CO 80918-3842. Tel: 719-531-5550; Fax: 719-531-9104; e-mail:
[email protected]; Web site: http://www.bscs.org. For full text: http://www.bscs.org/pdf/projects/HGN2/HGN-II.pdf. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Learner (051) Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Biology; *Ethics; Evolution; Genetic Engineering; *Genetics; High Schools; *Public Policy; Science Activities; *Science and Society; Science Curriculum; Science Education; Technology IDENTIFIERS Biological Sciences Curriculum Study; *Human Genome Project ABSTRACT This module, for high school teachers, is the second of two modules about the Human Genome Project (HGP) produced by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). The first section of this module provides background information for teachers about the structure and objectives of the HGP, aspects of the science and technology that underlie the HGP, information science as it relates to the HGP, and ethics and public policy, especially as they concern information science and the HGP.