What types of products are tested on animals?
Ethics, animal experiments and the law • Ask the students to read the factsheet Ethics, animal experiments and the law. • Check their understanding of the concepts and terminology introduced. • Ask the class to work in pairs and give each pair a copy of all the factsheets about different types of research (medical, veterinary, fundamental and safety testing – see Useful websites section) and four copies of the worksheet Harm/benefit assessment. • For each type of research, ask the pairs to complete a worksheet. They can either explain in writing whether they think the benefits outweigh the harms or vice versa, or represent this on a pair of scales, as illustrated on the factsheet Ethics, animal experiments and the law. • Ask the students to compare their harm/benefit assessments. Did they all agree on any type of research? Which type of research did they have the greatest disagreement about? Citizens’ panel • Ask the students to read the factsheet Right or wrong – who decides?. • Check
