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BTEC Applied Science Unit 5 Assignment 4

Unit 5: Perceptions of Science – Assignment 4 The Influence of Politics and Commerce on Science Task 1 Choose any topic, e.g. wind farms, stem cell research, you wish as the topic for this task. List those organisations/groups that are involved in arguing the case FOR and those arguing the case AGAINST this development. Pick one group/organisation for and one against this scientific development and outline how they campaign for their perspective to be more influential. This provides evidence for P5 Task 2 Choose a topic currently being developed in our society, e.g. GM food, stem cell research as the basis for this task. Identify THREE different organisations that provide funding for this work, indication which are Government and which are private organisations. State the aim of each of the three organisations you have identified. If the aims of ONE of these groups were to dominate the direction of the development of this science topic, indicate the impact this may have on the direction of the work being undertaken. This provides evidence for M4 Task 3 Pick ONE scientific development – it may have had a positive effect or negative effect on society. Show how the science was developed, i.e. how did the science make its positive/negative impact and develop. (Be clear about the role different interest groups played in this development.) This provides evidence for D4 Exam board is Pearson ALL ASSIGNMENTS I HAVE UPLOADED ARE DISTINCTION GRADED.