Extras for Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Text Sets
Genetics and DNA play a huge role in the story of Maximum Ride. However, genetics can be a difficult concept to grasp or understand. While these text sets do not attempt to cover and explain every aspect of genetics, they can act as a stepping stone for understanding some of the science mentioned in Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment.
Topic: Genetic Mutation
List: 10 Unusual Genetic Mutations in HumansWarning--Some of the images may be unsettling to some readers
Article: How Impossible, Actually, Is the Dinosaur DNA Splicing in Jurassic World?
Article: How has IVF developed since the first 'test-tube baby?'
Book: Genetic Engineering
Topic: Chimeras
Explanation: Chimeras and HybridsArticle: 3 Human Chimeras That Already Exist
Article: First human-pig 'chimera' created in milestone study
Article: The Sad Truth about Animal Hybrids
Provocative Pictures
The following pictures are intended to create conversation. Using the pictures, which all are in some way related to Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, hopefully a good discussion can occur.
Sculpture in Beijing, China
http://www.katekorroch.com/2011/06/caged-creature/
Science laboratory
http://sandermechanical.com/solutions/laboratory-services/
Ferruginous Hawk
khttp://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/ferruginous-hawk
Non-Fiction Texts
These texts are intended to try and help explain two topics related to Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment.
Video: Mutations: The Potential Power of a Small Change
Website Page: Chimera (History and Origins)
Discussion Prompts
While each section summary of the book had its own discussion topics, these topics are intended to be more broad and overarching of the whole book.
-Is it right to perform genetic experimentation on humans, let alone on children? Especially if that genetic experimentation includes genetic splicing?
-Over the coarse of the book, Max repeatedly takes on a leadership role within the Flock. How would you evaluate Max as a leader?
-The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines fiction as "something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically: an invented story." After reading the book, how much of the story would you say is possible or plausible? (Materials found in the text sets and non-fiction texts might be useful when considering this topic)
"Fat Questions"
While each section summary of the book had its own questions, these questions are intended to be more broad and overarching of the whole book.
-At the end of the book, Jeb's motives are still unclear. He helped the Flock escape the School yet abandoned them and is now helping the Erasers and the School track them down. What reasons would you give to defend Jeb's actions?
- How does the Flock's lifestyle relate to your own experiences?
-While the rest of the Flock finds information on their parents in the files stolen from the Institute, Max finds nothing. Explain one possible scenario for Max's lack of parents and/or origin.
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