Do you have topics you really want to get a classroom discussion going on? Do you find you haven’t got time to research and prepare resources yourself? Well your wish is our command!

Our last debate kit is coming up, please let us know what you’d like it to be about.

Here’s a list of topics teachers have suggested before to start you off. We’ll gather suggestions for a week, and then you can all vote for which topic you want.

Please bear in mind that as the kits are funded by the Wellcome Trust, who are a biomedical research charity, the topics must have some relevance to biomedicine. Sad to say, the next debate kit will be our last, as we are coming to the end of our Wellcome Grant. This last kit will be online only, as planned.

Some suggested topics

• Animal/human hybrids
• Animal organ transplants
• Designer babies
• Legalisation of cannabis
• Drug testing (i.e. clinical trials)

Timetable

• 29th Oct – Asking for topic suggestions
• 8th Nov – List of suggested topics up, voting begins
• 15th Nov – Voting closes, topic chosen
• 19th Nov – Kit published online!