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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed A Case Study on Human Respiratory Physiology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living ThingsThis directed case study was designed to help students strengthen their understanding of the transport of oxygen in the blood th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt Was a Hot August Afternoon...
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living ThingsA farmer becomes concerned after discovering a number of dead animals on his small farm, including some ducks, several deer, and...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChimpanzee Droppings Lead Scientists to Evolutionary Discovery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Life Sciences, Biochemistry and 4 additional..This interrupted case study focuses on the research of Dr. Beatrice Hahn, who investigates DNA sequences in chimpanzee droppings...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Ice Hockey Injury An Interrupted Case Study
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Sports and Competition, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living ThingsThe high school ice hockey team is playing the last of three games in one day. The game gets rough and Rick, the star player, is...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAll That Glitters May Not Be Gold A Troublesome Case of Transgenic Rice
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, History-Social Science, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development and 7 additional..In this decision case, a congressional staffer must weigh a number of competing concerns and issues, including popular reactions...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Drug Sales and Science Collide
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical EdWhen "Jeff," a fictionalized drug representative, is placed on the Vioxx account in 2001, he finds himself pulled between sales...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Hot Tub Mystery
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living ThingsRoma and Clint Underhill are relaxing after a stressful day in their hot tub with some wine. But tragedy strikes, and the next m...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpirituality and Health Care A Request for Prayer
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical EdIn this medical ethics case, a fourth-year medical student making hospital rounds with an attending physician and several reside...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Effects of Coyote Removal in Texas A Case Study in Conservation Biology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, History-Social Science and 3 additional..This interrupted case study presents published data on the effect of coyote removal in Texas. It was designed to help students i...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case Study Involving Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development and 3 additional..This interrupted case study presents a discussion about the benefits of the influenza vaccine between Mary, a nursing student, a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwo Peas in a Pod A Case of Questionable Twins
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Life Sciences, Biochemistry and 3 additional..Based on an actual event, this case study focuses on some of the problems associated with reproductive technologies. It tells th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Ecological Footprint Dilemma
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences and 3 additional..Is it better to have a new parking lot on campus or use that space to develop a community garden? This is the issue presented in...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAre You Blue? What Can You Do? A Case Study on Treatment Options for Depression
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Learning Theories, Psychology, History-Social Science, Professional DevelopmentThis case study introduces students to treatment alternatives for depression using a jigsaw method in which groups of students a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDecoding the Flu
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Life Sciences, Biochemistry, History-Social Science and 3 additional..This "clicker case" was designed to develop students' ability to read and interpret information stored in DNA. Making use of per...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFat Facts Comparing the Structure and Function of Lipids
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, History-Social Science, Personal and Community Health and 7 additional..It's Mother's Day and Dolly, a high school senior, is making a Mediterranean salad for her mom, who is a college chemistry major...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Unfortunate Nurse A Case Study of Dengue Fever and Social Policy
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development and 3 additional..Based on an actual incident in which dengue virus was transmitted by an accidental needlestick, this case study introduces stude...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCross-Dressing or Crossing-Over? Sex Testing of Women Athletes
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Sports and Competition, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this clicker case, students learn about sex determination, meiosis, and chromosomal crossing over through the story of Sa...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThiamin Deficiency A Directed Case Study
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nutrition, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentIn this directed case study developed for a biochemistry class, students read about the differences in the dietary preferences a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChildbed Fever A Nineteenth-Century Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThis case describes the pioneering work of Ignaz Semmelweis and his efforts to remedy the problem of childbed fever in mid-19th ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvaluating Student Case Work
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Professional Development, TechnologyHow do you grade students in classes with case teaching? There are a host of possibilities. Here we deal with only a couple. Let...Views: 0Favorites: 0