Experiment

protocol

1. Crush one third of a banana with a spoon; to break its cell wall.
2. Mix well 10% saltine water 30 mL and detergent 2.5 mL; Saltine water makes nucleic acid and salt. Detergent breaks cell membrane.
3. Pour 1 and 2 into a beaker through coffee filter and filtrate them.
4. After 5 minutes or so, pour 100% ethanol 40 mL into the beaker slowly.
5. Then you’ll see some white lump. That’s exactly the DNA!!

Crafting

Comments

Participant1

Age: 10’s / Sex: M

Score before workshop:5

Because genetically modified food is a little scary.

Score after workshop:8

Because I don't care if it's safe.

Participant2

Age: 20’s / Sex: F

Score before workshop:0

Because it may be bad for the health.

Score after workshop:6

Because it's safe to eat.

Participant3

Age: 40’s / Sex: F

Score before workshop:3

Because I suspect genetically modified foods or crops, harmful to noxious insects, is also harmful to human beings.

Score after workshop:N/A

Because I can't answer since I didin't have time to see your poster.

Participant4

Age: 10’s / Sex: M

Score before workshop:3

I thought human being should not enter the territory of the gene.

Score after workshop:6

I thought whether it has bad effects on the environment depends on how we use it, and we can make our life more convenient without the effect.

Participant5

Age: 10’s / Sex: F

Score before workshop:4

Because it will have effect on the ecosystem.

Score after workshop:7

Because I understood that it can give various functions useful for human being.

Participant6

Age: 20’s / Sex: F

Score before workshop:3

Because it may be bad for the health.

Score after workshop:6

Though it may be unhealthy to eat, I feel that it is acceptable.

Participant7

Age: 10’s / Sex: F

Score before workshop:6

Because there're indications whether the food such as soybeans use genetic modification.

Score after workshop:8

Because it was really fun to see real DNA.

Participant8

Age: 20’s / Sex: F

Score before workshop:5

It's very useful if we use it in a right way but it'll cause problems if we don't.

Score after workshop:5

The same reason.

Participant9

Age: 30’s / Sex: F

Score before workshop:5

I can't say good or bad.

Score after workshop:5

My child is in hospital because of a genopathy. I hope more and more remedies are dveloped to save lives.

• I have had negative impression on genetically modified food. But I learned they can take the place of limited resources. I don't have any ideas now (I'm sorry). I hope that you do your best.  
• Creating flowers which have diverse colors
• Recreating organisms that lived in the past
• Creating nutritious food
• If genetic modification is applied to people who are born weak, they may be able to overcome diseases.
• Apply genetic modification to medicine
• The regenerative ability like the tail of a lizard (Perhaps it has already been realized).
• Producing a large quantity of good cocoons of silkworms
• Creating bacteria which makes the concentration of carbon dioxide of sea water lower / Evolution of human beings / Creating livestock which eat less food and water and grow fast
• People will use up oil someday. So I think creating material instead of plastic and using it by genetic modification are good ideas.
• If we can select or create the gene which resist cancer cells, we may be able to apply it to wide medical cures.