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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Haemophilus Vaccine A Victory for Immunologic Engineering
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, Cells and 3 additional..This case study focuses on a young mother whose child attends a day care center where there has been an outbreak of bacterial me...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: Mathematics, Personal and Community Health, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Earth's Resources 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 / HyperLinkAcids, pH, and Buffers Some Basic Chemistry for Biological Science
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentIn this clicker case, a three-year-old girl gets into the medicine cabinet and ingests an unknown number of aspirin tablets. H...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDirectory Registration
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentPlease fill out the form below and your entry will be added to the Case Study Teachers Directory within a few days.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFace the Fats The Biochemistry of Lipids
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences and 8 additional..This clicker case introduces students to the biochemistry of lipids through the story of Pete, a college student who begins to c...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNot an Old Person's Disease
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThe overall goal of this case is to introduce students to the genetic basis of cancer while teaching them about melanoma. The fi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case of Cerebrovascular Accident
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Learning Theories, Professional Development"Samuel Dexter" is 52 years old, overweight, and a heavy smoker. He wakes one morning with weakness on his right side. When he ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs Iron Fertilization Good for the Sea?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 4 additional..This case study describes experiments to seed the ocean with iron to encourage algae growth. It explores how human activities co...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of a Tropical Disease and its Treatment Science, Society, and Economics
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Economics, Personal and Community Health, Humanities, Life Sciences and 5 additional..This case study highlights the epidemiological and socioeconomic factors associated with a disease which plagues thousands of pe...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCertified Cultured Beef Raising Beef Without the Cow?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Technology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Nutrition, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 4 additional..In this case study, students are introduced to concepts and techniques in modern biotechnology, as well as the possible implicat...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, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, History-Social 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 / HyperLinkGiving Birth to Someone Else's Children? A Case of Disputed Maternity
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentMost students have heard about situations in which the paternity of a child is questioned, but maternity? This case was designed...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Campus Coffee Shop Caffeine Conundrums
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry and 5 additional..Since caffeine is a widely used substance, especially by college age students, this case on the effects of caffeine on the human...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: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, Professional DevelopmentIn 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 / HyperLinkSeeds of Dissension A Case Study in Patenting Genetic Material
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Technology, Science, Biochemistry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 4 additional..A possible act of industrial espionage is the backdrop for this case study, which introduces students to analytical techniques r...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMary Keeper?s Aching Head
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Career & Technical Ed, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things and 2 additional..In this problem-based learning case, students read about a 41-year-old woman who is suffering from recurring headaches. Working ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Slippery Slope of Litigating Geologic Hazards California's Portuguese Bend Landslide
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThis case, based on a lawsuit brought against the County of Los Angeles by homeowners suing over damage to their homes in the wa...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSaving Superman A Look Into Stem Cell Research
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Life Sciences, Cells, Biochemistry, Professional DevelopmentUsing a combination of directed case method and role-playing in which students learn about their roles using the jigsaw techniqu...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSweet Indigestion A Directed Case Study on Carbohydrates
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Nutrition, Professional DevelopmentThese days it seems like everyone is counting carbs. About 24 million Americans report they have cut carbohydrates from their di...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDredge Today, Restore Tomorrow
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Engineering & Design, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..In this case study, students role-play members of a task force whose task it is to advise the Director of the National Park Serv...Views: 0Favorites: 0