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Dust to Dust The Carbon Cycle
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 4 additional..Tom and his grandfather, a retired high school chemistry teacher, are talking about a National Geographic television documentary...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Difficult Pregnancy A Nurse Practitioner Looks for Answers
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Career & Technical EdThis case study, about a developmentally disabled, 30-weeks-pregnant 19-year-old, presents some of the patient management issues...Views: 0Favorites: 0Training
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Engineering & Design, Technology, Instructional Technology and 2 additional..One of our major areas of focus is training science faculty in the case method of teaching. We do this through a number of activ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Snowboarding in New York State A GIS Case Study
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Technology, Geography, Professional Development, Life Sciences and 6 additional..This case study provides a realistic scenario to introduce and reinforce concepts presented in introductory level geography cour...Views: 0Favorites: 0Accidental Drowning or Foul Play?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Current Science, Public Services, Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case was developed for use in the first semester of a sophomore organic chemistry laboratory to illustrate how a combinatio...Views: 0Favorites: 0Case of Maria A Cross-Cultural Study of the Therapeutic Relationship
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Electives, Sociology, Professional Development, Psychology, History-Social ScienceThis case illustrates concepts of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment within the context of a counseling relationship. Its prim...Views: 0Favorites: 0Saving Superman: Ethics and Stem Cell Research
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case explores the political and ethical issues associated with stem cell research. Students read the case describing Christ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Not Exactly... The Complexity of a Human Genetic Disease
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Science, Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case study follows a young couple that is consulting with a genetic counselor about their plans to have a child. Because of...Views: 0Favorites: 0Andrea: The Death of a Diabetic
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Life SciencesIn chronicling the life and death of a woman who developed diabetes as a teenager, this case study explores such basic science t...Views: 0Favorites: 0War, Death, and Cognitive Dissonance A Case Study for Social Psychology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Electives, Sociology, Professional Development, Psychology, History-Social ScienceThis case study explores cognitive dissonance theory, a theory proposed by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1956 to explain the te...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Killer Lake
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Career & Technical Ed, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..In 1986, Lake Nyos, a volcanic lake located in Cameroon, Africa, released a huge amount of carbon dioxide gas, killing over 1,70...Views: 0Favorites: 0Which Little Piggy Went to Market? Bioinformatics and Meat Science
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Technology and 4 additional..In this case study, a scientist is contacted by a friend from a meat processing plant who is looking for a test to determine the...Views: 0Favorites: 0Editorial Board
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Technology, Instructional Technology, Professional DevelopmentEditorial Board members advise the Center on its work as well as serve as a core group of reviewers for the case studies submitt...Views: 0Favorites: 0Awards &?Recognition
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Technology, Instructional Technology, Professional DevelopmentWe are a recipient of a 2004 National Dissemination grant from the National Science Foundation s Division of Undergraduate Educa...Views: 0Favorites: 0Permitted Uses
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Technology, Instructional Technology, Professional DevelopmentThe National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science holds the copyright for all of the cases in its collection. As the copyri...Views: 0Favorites: 0So, What is it that Engineers Do, Anyway?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Engineering & Design, Professional DevelopmentIn this case study, new engineering students are introduced to the discipline of engineering by illustrating the roles of variou...Views: 0Favorites: 0Football Fanaticism
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Learning Theories, Professional Development, Life SciencesA fight in a college town bar between the football player of one team and a drunken fan of a rival team results in a serious spi...Views: 0Favorites: 0Ecotourism: Who Benefits?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Economics, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..In this case study, students assess ecotourism in Costa Rica by considering the viewpoints of a displaced landowner, banana plan...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Walk Through Mike's Code A Case Study in Software Technical Reviews
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Engineering & Design, Technology, Information Technology, Instructional Technology, Professional DevelopmentThis case introduces the concept of a software review. The central character, a programmer named Mike, thinks he and not his cod...Views: 0Favorites: 0Fecal Coliforms in Antarctica
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Professional Development, Life SciencesIn this interrupted case study, students explore the environmental consequences of Antarctic research as they design experiments...Views: 0Favorites: 0