8.08 Safari Quest Six—Product Testing on Animals

The Honors student will:

evaluate the use of product testing on animals

Before the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, cosmetics would commonly contain toxic chemicals such as arsenic and mercury—both are potentially deadly to humans. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) doesn't require animal testing on these products. However, the FDA does support the use of animal testing to insure product safety.

Time to Investigate

As a starting point, use the resource websites below to investigate and consider the facts about animal testing. Do some additional investigation of your own to see what you can discover on both sides of the animal testing controversy.

Be careful! This is a very sensitive topic and many of the websites contain opinion rather than fact. Keep this in mind when you're researching information.

Web Resources:

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US Food and Drug Administration

Home Office.gov: Animal Testing

Your Task

Create a questionnaire to find out people's view points about animal testing.
- The questionnaire should have 3-5 simple questions about animal testing for people to answer.
- Survey a minimum of 25 people.
- Sort your data by
  - age
  - gender
  - education
  - occupation
    Note: To get this information you'll need to include these personal questions on your questionnaire.
- Analyze your data (the results of the survey).
- Write up a summary of your findings (what you discovered from your results).
  **You will turn in a sample questionnaire and your analysis into your instructor.
Go to the discussion area and choose the 8.08B Honors Safari Quest Six—Mammals Discussion. Respond to the following prompt:

Where do you stand on the issue of animal testing? Would you buy a product that has been tested on animals? Why or why not?

If you've completed the Survey and Analysis and have posted the Discussion response, then you are ready to submit the assessments.

8.08B Honors Safari Quest Six—Mammals Survey—50 points
8.08C Honors Safari Quest Six—Mammals Discussion—10 points

To complete this activity:

Go to the assessment are and find assessment 8.08B Honors Safari Quest Six—Mammals Survey.
Submit your Survey and Analysis.
Then find assessment 8.08C Honors Safari Quest Six—Mammals Discussion.
Type into the comment box:
- the date you posted your response
- the names of the two classmates you responded to
Grading rubric for the discussion:
- Student responds to discussion prompt—2 points.
- Student responds to at least 2 other student postings—2 points.
- Student contributions are thoughtful and relevant to discussion—2 points.
- Student demonstrates ability to appropriately apply concepts and ideas from class (readings) to online discussion—4 points.