Democs for Schools: Animal Experiments

About Democs
Democs conversation kits are an exciting way to hold your own debate on difficult scientific, political and ethical issues.

Each kit presents a range of key viewpoints on a particular issue in an easily accessible format and offers a simple, game-like structure to facilitate debate. The kits include a deck of cards representing key facts, opinions and examples about the topic. Participants uses the cards to identify the things that matter to them and as a starting point for discussion.

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In this Democs kit: Animal Experimentation
Animal experimentation is a key component of the way we currently undertake medical research. But some people claim that research on animals for human benefit is unethical or unnecessarily cruel. This kit explores the issues around animal experimentation including:

• When is animal experimentation used and why?
• How useful is animal experimentation to scientists?
• What controls should there be on animal experimentation?

This kit was part of project funded by the Wellcome Trust to produce materials for schools. It is aimed at students in Key Stage 3.

Please note that this kit has not been updated since its publication