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democs: formats and topics

There are a now Democs kits on a wide range of issues:

Democs for adults have 40, small, print only, information and issue cards per subject.  These Democs kits were developed through a grant with the Wellcome Trust.

Democs for schools have a maximum of 24 large, illustrated information and issue cards each. The Democs kits were developed specifically for use in schools and with young people with a grant from DTI Sciencewise.

Both types of Democs kit are downloadable from this website, and on CD ROM.

 Topic (potential to influence policy in 2006)  Democs for adults  Democs for schools
 Climate change (high)                             X  (KS3)
 GM food (low)               X               X  (KS4)
 Animal experimentation (medium)               X               X  (KS3)
 Nanotechnology*(high)               X               X
 Neuroscience (high)                 X  (KS4)
 Over the counter genetic testing kits (low)               X  
 Pre-implementation Genetic Diagnosis (low)               X  
 Single vs Multiple vaccinations (low)               X               X  (KS3)
 Stem cell research (high)               X               X  (KS4)
 Xenotransplantation(low)               X  

*A nanotechnology game for students aged over 16 is available free on the Wellcome Trust website as part of their Big Picture June 2005.

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