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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWould You Supersize My Cancer, Please? A Case Study Exploring Chemicals in the News
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Chemistry, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 4 additional..The recent discovery of acrylamide in both fried and baked foods like French fries and potato chips has caused alarm. Acrylamide...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Do We Tell the Sheriff? Determining Minimum Numbers of Individuals (MNI) for a Scatter of Human Bones
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Humanities, Public Services, History-Social Science, Professional Development, Current ScienceStudents explore the issues involved in investigating and reporting on a scatter of skeletal remains to the police in this case ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEating PCBs from Lake Ontario - The Clicker Version A Case on Science and the Media
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 7 additional..This is a clicker adaptation of another case in our collection, Eating PCBs from Lake Ontario: Is There an Effect or Not? (2...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRising Temperatures, Differing Viewpoints A Case Study on the Politics of Information
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..In this case, students work in small groups to analyze and critically evaluate the often political nature of news stories. The c...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCell Phone Use and Cancer A Case Study to Explore the Scientific Method
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical Technology, Professional Development, Personal and Community Health, Life SciencesIn this case study, students analyze a scientific study, first by analyzing news articles reporting on the research and then by ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlawed Democracies, Human Rights (Advanced Level)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsLesson in which students create a timeline outlining struggles for equal opportunity and create a 30-second public service annou...Contributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Is Work and Who Are the Workers? (Intermediate Level)
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Visual ArtsStudents will research the issue of child labor and participate in a mock news broadcast in response to the works of art.Contributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPutting a Spin on Current Events (Advanced Level)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual ArtsLesson in which students compare propagandistic strategies in artworks to modern-day examples of persuasive techniques and creat...Contributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Many Different Sides of War (Advanced Level)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsLesson in which students compare portrayals of soldiers to depictions of battle scenes and write articles about warContributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0