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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeven Skeletons and a Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Professional DevelopmentThis problem-based learning case uses Archaeopteryx, the most famous fossil in the world, to show the vital role that fossils pl...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Do We Tell the Sheriff? Determining Minimum Numbers of Individuals (MNI) for a Scatter of Human Bones
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Current Science, Humanities, Public Services, History-Social Science, Professional DevelopmentStudents explore the issues involved in investigating and reporting on a scatter of skeletal remains to the police in this case ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMom Always Liked You Best Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Life Sciences and 3 additional..This interrupted case study is based on a journal article on the parenting behavior of American coots. Working through the case,...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSummer Workshop
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentSponsored by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, this five-day workshop focuses on training science faculty ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAIDS and the Duesberg Phenomenon
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentRenowned virologist and member of the prestigious National Academy of Science, Peter Duesberg has argued that AIDS is not caused...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCancel the Cardinals Home Opener?!? Lessons in Melting and Evaporation
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional DevelopmentThe St. Louis Cardinals are scheduled to play their home opener the next day and Megan Riley, a young meteorologist who works fo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI Can Quit Anytime I Want The Biological Basis of Euphoria and Addiction
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Learning Theories and 4 additional..This clicker case explores the biological basis for the temporary euphoria that accompanies drug use as well as certain aspect...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Missing Bees High Fructose Corn Syrup and Colony Collapse Disorder
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Professional Development, Science, Technology and 8 additional..Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has claimed approximately one-third of the commercial honeybee population in recent years. A numb...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Dividing Cell Mitosis and Meiosis in the Cellular Court
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentThe Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of The State vs.Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney cal...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Headache to Die For A Case Study in Forensic Science
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Current Science, Public Services, Professional DevelopmentThis case, based on an actual case of product tampering that occurred in Seattle in 1986, was designed for use in an introductor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAvogadro 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Evolution of Human Skin Color
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional DevelopmentIn this case study, the evolution of human skin color is used as a means of exploring the process of evolution by natural select...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSometimes Less is Better The Treatment of Thromboembolism
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional DevelopmentEd Cramer is a 47-year-old mechanical engineer who is being treated for venous thromboembolism. He was 45 when he first develo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs a Mars Sample Return Mission Too Risky? A Public Hearing Case Study
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentFollowing a public hearing format, this case study allows students to explore the scientific and public policy issues surroundin...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDo Corridors Have Value in Conservation?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development and 4 additional..This case study discusses conservation corridors as a means to reduce the problems of population size and isolation in a fragmen...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImmunological Malfunction?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional DevelopmentThis case study was developed to complement the study of the immune system and to emphasize the crosstalk that occurs at the cel...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Druid Dracula
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Current Science, Biochemistry, Public Services, Professional Development and 2 additional..This case is based on a lurid crime featured on the BBC program Crimewatch in December 2001 that was solved thanks to forensic D...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's Like Pulling Teeth A Case Study in Physiology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional DevelopmentIn this interrupted case study, a middle-aged man is having his wisdom teeth surgically removed. He decides to have a general an...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGas Cylinders and Safety A Case Study in Chemistry
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThis case study, developed for an introductory chemistry course as part of a two-year dental hygiene curriculum, teaches student...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCooling Off a Warming Planet Analyzing the Tradeoffs in Policies for Climate Change
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Economics, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Electives and 6 additional..This role-playing case on climate change policy is designed to engage student groups in parallel discussions on policy instrumen...Views: 0Favorites: 0