Kalyx Bowler

Daily Assignments

April 3, 2026
For each assignment, create a Google Doc with your responses and email it to mom and dad. If you need to ask a question about an assignment, include it in the email.
1
Read — Animals and Medicine

Read a short piece on the history of animal testing in medicine — the development of vaccines, insulin, and antibiotics all depended on animal experimentation. Search for “history of animal testing in medicine” for accessible overviews.

2
Write — The Ethics of Animal Testing

Where do you stand on animal testing? The challenge here isn’t to pick a side — it’s to engage with the tension. The same experiments that seem cruel also saved millions of human lives. Can you hold both of those facts at once and still say something honest about where you come down?

3
Explore — The 3 Rs

Look up what “the 3 Rs” are in animal research ethics (Replace, Reduce, Refine). Does that framework satisfy you? Or is it a compromise that doesn’t really solve the underlying problem? Free choice from the week is also fine.