Global warming resistant GM crops | Biology - Beneath the Lab Coat

Suitable for teaching 14-16s. Science presenter Rani Price meets a young scientist who is using cotton genes to genetically modify wheat plants to cope with the effects of global warming. Subscribe for more Biology clips from BBC Teach on Mondays when we have them in: https://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. ===================== Science presenter Rani Price meets a young scientist who is using cotton genes to genetically modify wheat plants to cope with the effects of global warming. She describes how GM works and they discuss the pros and cons of GM foods. This clip is from the BBC series Beneath the Lab Coat. Beneath the Lab Coat investigates the science behind fashion, cosmetics, space travel, and cybernetics - and talks to some of the young men and women at the forefront of the new technologies. Presented by Rani Price, the series provides inspiration for teenagers with an interest in science to find out about some of the most exciting jobs of the future. For more clips from Genetics, Cloning and DNA: http://bit.ly/TeachGCDNA For our Biology playlist: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachBiology For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p015drs7. ===================== Teaching Biology or Science? KS4, GCSE, National 4 Biology: Discuss the statement, "scientists are charged with finding answers, not deciding what society should do with them". Ask pupils whether they agree or disagree, to initiate discussion on science and ethics. This clip will be relevant for teaching Biology. This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC KS4/GCSE in England and Wales, CCEA GCSE in Northern Ireland and SQA National 4 in Scotland. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature