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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Coelacanth: An Odd Fish
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentThis "clicker case" is a redesign of a case, also in our collection, by Robert H. Grant titled "A Strange Fish Indeed: The 'Disc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences, Education Theory and Practice, Career & Technical Ed and 6 additional..This case explores the purported connection between vaccines in general, and the MMR vaccine specifically, and autism. Students ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case of Mistaken Memory? The Psychology of Eyewitness Memory
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Current Science, Professional Development, History-Social Science, PsychologyThis case explores the fundamental principles of memory, eyewitness accuracy, and police questioning techniques in witness ident...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Classic Case of Serial Murder Forensics Meets Photonics
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Engineering & Design, Current Science, Public Services, Physics 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFish as Fertilizer The Impacts of Salmon on Coastal Ecosystems
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources and 4 additional..In this case study, students examine data from a number of published studies of the effects of Pacific salmon on freshwater and ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBreast Cancer Risk Using Real Medical Histories to Rank Genetic and Environmental Influences
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 3 additional..This case study takes a combined directed and discussion approach to explore risk factors for breast cancer. After a preparatory...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs That Pill You're Taking Safe? A Case Study About the Drug Development Process
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesThis dilemma cased is based on the actual development, FDA approval, and market withdrawal of dexfenfluramine, a drug used in th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBut I'm Too Young! A Case Study of Ovarian Cancer
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentIn this ???????clicker case, students are introduced to Abby, a college student who has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArtificial Sanity A Case Study for a Class in Introductory Psychology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Electives, Sociology, Professional Development, History-Social Science, PsychologyUsing the story of death row inmate Charles Singleton, who developed paranoid schizophrenia while in prison awaiting execution, ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLost in Space A Case Study in Engineering Problem-Solving
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Technology, Engineering & Design, Earth & Space Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Professional DevelopmentThe Mars Climate Orbiter was deployed by NASA as part of a mission to study weather and climate on Mars. It was supposed to ent...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of Baby Joe Chronic Infections in an Infant
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesThis interrupted case study follows the declining health of an infant who suffers from recurrent infections and finally is diagn...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDem Bones Forensic Resurrection of a Skeleton
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Humanities, Life Sciences, Current Science, Structure and Function in Living Things and 4 additional..In this case study, a forensic anthropologist must determine the age and sex as well as look for signs of trauma to a skeleton f...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMy Brother's Keeper A Case Study in Evolutionary Biology and Animal Behavior
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Evolution and Adaptation and 3 additional..In this interrupted case study, students work in teams to interpret behavioral data with respect to evolutionary biology. Speci...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKeeping up with the Joneses A Case Study in Human Physiology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Sports and Competition, Nutrition and 2 additional..This interrupted case study in cardiovascular physiology focuses on Suzie, a determined young woman who is training hard for the...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFishing for Answers in the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources and 4 additional..This clicker case addresses the eutrophication of aquatic systems caused by human activities. "Susan" is a biology student wor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLost in the Desert!
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional DevelopmentStudents learn about the interconnectedness of the body, with a particular focus on the skin as one of the most important homeos...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe 2000-Meter Row: A Case Study in Performance Anxiety
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Sports and Competition, History-Social Science, PsychologyThis case study is based on another case in our collection, The 2000-Meter Row: A Case in Homeostasis, which emphasizes the meta...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSplit My Brain A Case Study of Seizure Disorder and Brain Function
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Psychology, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 3 additional..This case study involves a couple deciding whether or not their son should undergo brain surgery to treat a severe seizure disor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUretero What? A Systems-Level View of a Pregnancy with Medical Complications
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Electives, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Sociology and 5 additional..This case study follows a woman faced with a series of difficult medical decisions. Students apply systems-level physiology as t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMother's Milk Cures Cancer? Researchers Deliberate Over Whether to Publish
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThis case study on the immune system, cell cycle regulation, and cancer biology explores the role that serendipity plays in new ...Views: 0Favorites: 0