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Pro and Con topics: 

Animal Testing

Using Animals for Testing: Pro's Versus Con           http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/using-animals-testing-pros-versus-cons.html

Animal Testing:  Animal testing facts, information and news. Animal testing pros and cons debate with arguments for and against animal testing. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/animal-testing/

Animal Testing:  Is it moral to experiment on animals to develop medicine for humans?                                             http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=7

Myths and Facts
This website is run by RDS (an organization in the United Kingdom) that advocates for the use of animal testing and experimentation in medical research. The site will be very helpful to the proposition side, as there are multiple pages with information and examples.                                                                                           http://www.rds-online.org.uk/pages/page.asp?i_ToolbarID=2&i_PageID=48               

Animals in scientific research
This article is from the National Anti-Vivisection Society, an organization devoted to ending experimentation on animals.  It will be useful to the opposition. There are some tough scientific concepts in the article but most students should be able to figure them out. If you have trouble understanding what parts of the article mean, ask a science teacher at your school.                                                           http://www.navs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ain_sci_medicalresearch

Animal Research                                                                                                                                             The American Physiological Society supports the humane use of animals in research.                                                                                           http://www.the-aps.org/pa/policy/animals.htm

Effects of violence in television and video games on children

Do violent video games contribute to youth violence?                  http://videogames.procon.org/

Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2008/08/video-games.aspx

     Just a game? Psychologists play a crucial role in video game controversy.  By Brian H. Bornstein, PhD, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Monica K. Miller, PhD, JD, University of Nevada, Reno,  Monitor on Psychology May 2006, Vol 37, No. 5   Print version: page 99             http://www.apa.org/monitor/may06/jn.aspx7

     Children And Media Violence     Did you know?                  http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_vlent.shtml

      National Institute on Media and the Family:  Many links are available that contain factual information.                                                                                       MediaWise Video Game Report Card                                                                                                             

     Here you will find the most current Report Cards                                           Previous MediaWise Video Game Report Cards.

         Statement of Karen E. Dill, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology,                                 Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing on “From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images” September 25, 2007                                                                         http://www.apa.org/about/gr/science/advocacy/2007/dill.pdf