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Avogadro Goes to Court
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThis case study was inspired by a successful lawsuit brought by students against a professor at Pace University who had assigned...Views: 0Favorites: 0The Mozart Effect A Psychological Research Methods Case
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, History-Social Science, PsychologyIn this case study, students are given information regarding an advertisement claiming that listening to the classical music in ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Shannon and Jake An Application of Medical Ethics Principles
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, Life Sciences, History-Social ScienceThis case was developed to teach first-year medical students the basics of medical ethics. It describes a situation in which a f...Views: 0Favorites: 0Energy Up, Weight Down? Finding Nutrition Information
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nutrition, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyWhen Jill s roommate Nancy starts using a nutritional product to improve her energy and lose weight, Jill goes searching for inf...Views: 0Favorites: 0Facing the Pain An Interrupted Case Study in Physiology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyThis interrupted case study in cardiovascular and nerve physiology focuses on Lynn, a married woman with a young child whose hus...Views: 0Favorites: 0MDR Tuberculosis A Case Study for Non-Science Majors Focused on Social Justice Issues
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical Technology and 3 additional..In this case study on multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, students consider ways in which to preserve health as a human rig...Views: 0Favorites: 0Artificial Sanity A Case Study for a Class in Introductory Psychology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Sociology, History-Social Science, Electives, PsychologyUsing the story of death row inmate Charles Singleton, who developed paranoid schizophrenia while in prison awaiting execution, ...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Classic Case of Serial Murder Forensics Meets Photonics
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Current Science, Chemistry, Public Services and 2 additional..In this case study, a newly appointed medical examiner uncovers an unusual trend in drowning cases, which she suspects may be th...Views: 0Favorites: 0Josie An Interdisciplinary Case Study of Madness
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, PsychologyIn this interdisciplinary case, students meet Josie, the main character, who suffers from a variety of symptoms. Students must g...Views: 0Favorites: 0Coffee and Cigarettes Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke-Free Laws
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, Life Sciences, History-Social ScienceThis analysis case explores second-hand smoke and its impact on the decision to institute a smoking ban in the outdoor seating a...Views: 0Favorites: 0Andrea: The Death of a Diabetic
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyIn chronicling the life and death of a woman who developed diabetes as a teenager, this case study explores such basic science t...Views: 0Favorites: 0The River Damned The Proposed Removal of the Lower Snake River Dams
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 2 additional..In this dilemma case, Congresswoman Madeline Gibson must cast her vote on the fate of the lower Snake River dams. The stakeholde...Views: 0Favorites: 0About Buffalo
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Technology, Instructional TechnologyFor people attending our fall conference or summer workshop, we've prepared a list of some of the many things to see and do in a...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Rose By Any Other Name The Peculiar Case of Pluto
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentThis dilemma case, developed for a general astronomy course, provides an introduction to our solar system by highlighting the pe...Views: 0Favorites: 0Hyperinflation What Zimbabwe Can Teach Us
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Economics, Professional Development, History-Social ScienceThis case study uses the Zimbabwean experience with hyperinflation to give students an opportunity to apply a variety of economi...Views: 0Favorites: 0An Electrical Storm on the Horizon Can Technology Stimulate Reasoned Debate on Waste Containment
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Chemistry, History-Social Science, Physics and 4 additional..In this fictional case study, the state of Oklahoma has profited by giving incentives for companies to build power plants in rur...Views: 0Favorites: 0Is Guaiacum Sanctum Effective Against Arthritis? An Ethnobotany Case
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..Dr. Beth Tonoany, a tropical population ecologist, is studying an unusual tree, Guaiacum sanctum, in the tropical forests of Cen...Views: 0Favorites: 0Amanda's Absence Should Vioxx Be Kept Off the Market?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Chemistry, Life SciencesWhen chronic pain forces a top student to withdraw from college, biology instructor Dr. Sharpe learns that medications (in this ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Conference Registration
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Technology, Instructional TechnologyRegistration information for the annual fall conference.Views: 0Favorites: 0Too Many B Cells Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and the Role of Flow Cytometry
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Science, Professional Development, Life Sciences, BiochemistryTaylor's doctor notices she has swollen lymph nodes and an elevated white blood cell count on her routine annual exam and asks h...Views: 0Favorites: 0