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Day 3: What Is Your Recommendation?PurposeStudents use their new understanding of fairness and allocation of scarce resources to decide which criteriaare fairest and explain how they reached that decision. Students also use their new understanding to decidewhether past and present allocation policies are fair.Activity 8:Weighing the CriteriaEstimated Time: 20–25 minutesProcedureTip from the Field1. In pairs or small groups, have students compare their answers onThe sticker exercise in this activitythe Master 3.9 chart. They should not yet share their thoughts aboutmight be more appropriate forthe reflection question.younger high school students thanfor juniors or seniors. On the basis2. Bring the class back together, and display the transparency ofof your knowledge of your students,feel free to eliminate or modify this Master 3.9.activity. For example, rather thangiving students stickers, you couldSee Teacher Support Materialssimply engage them in a full-classYou might want to have a copy of the sample answer key fordiscussion of the criteria—which Master 3.9 to refer to while you fill out the Master 3.9are the most and least importanttransparency with the class (available online at http://science.education.nih.and why.gov/supplements/bioethics/teacher).3. Review the homework with the class. List the relevant criteriastudents mention across the top of the transparency, makingsure to discuss any that seemed to generate confusion orquestions during the small-group work.4. After the discussion, make a vertical list of the criteria from thetop of the chart on Master 3.9 down the left side of a piece ofchart paper.Teaching Strategies: Small GroupsIf you have a large class, you may wish to create one sheet per 5 to 10 students,instead of one sheet for the entire class to share. Having multiplesheets will make it easier for all students to place their stickers within ashorter amount of time. If you use multiple sheets, you should create onechart for yourself on which you can tally all of the other sheets.3-24 Exploring Bioethics