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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMDR Tuberculosis A Case Study for Non-Science Majors Focused on Social Justice Issues
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical Ed 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSearch for the Missing Sea Otters An Ecological Detective Story
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..Using a progressive disclosure format, this case study teaches students how to apply ecological principles to a real-life ecolog...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChemical Eric Dealing with the Disintegration of Central Control
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life SciencesThis case study is designed to teach introductory biology majors about the role of the pituitary in controlling hormones. It cou...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMake a Life to Save a Life
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Cells, Life SciencesIn this clicker case, students learn about meiosis through the real-life story of a couple who used pre-implantation genetic s...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFacing the Pain An Interrupted Case Study in Physiology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life SciencesThis interrupted case study in cardiovascular and nerve physiology focuses on Lynn, a married woman with a young child whose hus...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Spray or Not to Spray A Debate Over Malaria and DDT
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Chemistry, Health Science & Medical Technology, Professional Development and 2 additional..In this case study, students grapple with the complex issues surrounding the use of DDT to control malaria in the developing wor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnother Can of Bull? Do Energy Drinks Really Provide a Source of Energy?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development and 2 additional..This case is a clicker adaptation of a similarly titled case by Merle Heidemann and Gerald Urquhart of Michigan State Universi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Rocky Mountain Locust Extinction and the American Experience
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Engineering & Design, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 4 additional..This case explores conservation and social issues associated with the destruction of vast tracts of farmland in the Great Plains...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Death of Baby Pierre A Genetic Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Evolution and Adaptation, Life SciencesThis directed case study on a genetic disorder was developed for an exam on genetics for a general biology course. The case is ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Antipodal Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Evolution and Adaptation, Life SciencesThe discovery of the platypus had the scientific world in an uproar and kept it tantalized for decades. Here was the strangest a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Set the Moose Loose? Trophic Interactions in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This clicker case focuses on the food web of the riparian bird communities of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystemand how communi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCross-Dressing Salmon Survival of the Sneaky
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Evolution and Adaptation, Life SciencesThis "clicker case" about female mimicry in spawning salmon was developed for an introductory-level, non-majors biology course t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSex and Vaccination
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Life SciencesThis case study focuses on the controversy surrounding the decision by Texas Governor Rick Perry to mandate the compulsory vacci...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkToo Many Deer! A Case Study in Managing Urban Deer Herds
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Career & Technical Ed, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..A town meeting is the setting for this case study in which students explore the topics of overpopulation, bioethics, and managem...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBad Fish, Bad Bird Neurotoxin Poisoning from Fish and Fowl
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Structure and Function in Living Things, Cells and 4 additional..This "clicker case" is based on the General Biology edition of James Hewlett s Bad Fish case in our collection. The case follo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLady Tasting Coffee A Case Study in Experimental Design
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Professional Development, Mathematics, Life SciencesIn the 1920s, biologist and statistician Ronald Fisher met a woman who claimed she could taste whether a cup of tea was prepared...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Tale of Three Lice A Case Study on Phylogeny, Speciation, and Hominin Evolution
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Evolution and Adaptation, Life SciencesThis clicker case explores the questions of when hominins lost their body hair and began wearing clothing by examining the sur...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrayer Study Science or Not?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Sociology, Psychology, Professional Development and 2 additional..In this case, students read a news article about a study of the effects of intercessory prayer on cardiac patients published in ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEnergy Up, Weight Down? Finding Nutrition Information
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Nutrition, Life SciencesWhen Jill s roommate Nancy starts using a nutritional product to improve her energy and lose weight, Jill goes searching for inf...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI'm Looking Over a White-Striped Clover A Natural Selection Case
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Evolution and Adaptation, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life SciencesThis case is an exploration of the process of natural selection using white clover (Trifolium repens) as an example. In general,...Views: 0Favorites: 0