DNA: break the code

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Scientific innovations

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Ethics:- cloning - cryonics - euthanasia birth control

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Environment

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Climate ChangeGlobal warming

Xray

Penicillin

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ROBOTICS

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Medicalinnovations

machines in our daily life

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Artificial Intelligence

Robots

Plant-based meat

Molecular gastronomy

Food innovations

GMO

Examples: I, RobotWest World Transformers Ex Machina

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ESCAPE GAME: BREAKING THE DNA CODE

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Context

You are a journalist investigating DNA testing. Your contact at the NSA has access to top secret information in the NSA data system . Look for some clues. Each clue will unlock a new file on the computer. If you find the scoop, you will have to convince your editorial board to publish the article. Be quick, you have only a few hours before the NSA security system turns on!

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01 challenge 1

02 challenge 2

Introduction

Index

Collect all the passwords by completing each of the challenges, and enter them to reach the final step and complete your mission..

04 Challenge 4

03 Challenge 3

05 Challenge 5

Reward

INTRODUCTION

How it all started: It all started when you heard the 23andMe commercial on the radio. The information you learned about DNA tests aroused your curiosity and you decided to get in contact with a scientist from the NSA.

CHALLENGE 1:

Your contact sent you an enigma and a code. The code is: 5-4-23-1-4-68.

First, Listen to the audio and complete the worksheet.

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CHALLENGE 1

Then, write each of your answers to questions a. , b. and c. on a different line. Then, apply the code to each line. It will give you the letters of the password. Put them back in order to find the clue. It will allow you to enter the NSA data system. Question d. will guide you to find the meaning of the password.

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QUIZ: A popular trend in the US

question 1/4

Watch the video and note down the questions raised by the Youtuber.

2. Why do you want to be American?

1. Why do you care so much about ancestry?

4. Why do you care so much about ethnicity and diversity?

3. Why do you do these DNA tests?

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QUIZ

question 2/4

Give three reasons why Americans are so keen on DNA tests:

2. Americans come from all over the world.

4. Americans are ethnically diverse.

1. The tests are very cheap.

3. The tests ar trendy.

5. Migrations happened such a long time ago that no one remembers.

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QUESTION 3/4

Find out the reason why so many Europeans left for America:

3. To have a new beginning.

2. To become famous.

1. To earn a lot of money.

4. To travel.

5. To get married.

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QUESTION 4/4

Say what the youtuber would like grandparents to explain to their grandchildren:

2. "That's why we arrived in California."

3. This is where we came from."

1. "This is our story."

5. "This is how we got there."

4. "This is how it all started."

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ERROR!

Wrong!

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THEN, you must use your answers to the previous questions to find the code that opens the next file. Fill in the table with all the numbers you have ticked for each question. Then, add up the figures of all your answers to find the code.

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Consider the risks

1. Watch the video and complete the worksheet.

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Consider the risks

2. Use your answers to the questions to fill in the grid. Note down the letters contained in the coloured boxes to find the hidden word! But be careful not to miss a clue: Look very carefully at the attached picture and find the key. Add the key to the password to open the next file.

1. The day when Anwestry DNA sold 1.5 million kits. (2 words / no space) 2. The kind of sample of DNA you send for testing. 3. The way the risks are written in the kit's instructions. (2 words no space) 4. A piece of information the report may reveal about yourself. 5. A piece of information the report may reveal about your health. 6. A piece of information the report may reveal about your family/ lineage. 7. Global information you might give to third parties if you take a DNA test. 8. A company which could use the information against you.

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Forced to share results

1. Read the text. 2. Complete the worksheet.

Forced to share results

3. Then, search the words in the grid to access the last file. 4. Count out the most used letter in the answers. How many times is it used? This is your password.

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Read the text.

Behind DNA testing

Take up the following challenge to unlock the security that prevents you from downloading the secret files onto your personal computer.

1. Complete the worksheet after reading the text.

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Read the text.

Behind DNA testing

2. Match the numbers to the corresponding sentences in the text .Mind the trick! Some figures do not correspond to anything... When you're done, reorder the figures as they appear in the text.

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Correction

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Conclusion

Well done! All you have to do now is to erase the traces you have left before disconnecting the computer. Take the grid you won earlier (mystery alphabet, challenge 2). Decipher your message...

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You have reached the last step... Enter the password!

Enter password