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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDengue in the Landscape A Threat to Public Health
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources and 5 additional..This interrupted case engages students in issues contributing to the increase of dengue fever in Jamaica. The overall goal of th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWoe to That Child A Case of Cystic Fibrosis
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Cells, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living ThingsAlvin s parents are worried about him. He has had a cough for almost a week, and he s wheezing a lot more than they think is nor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlake's Illness A Case of "Wildlife Management"
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Cells, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical TechnologyBlake is sick. With his background in the sciences and a little help from the Internet, he should be able to do a self-diagnosis...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Sickeningly Sweet Baby Boy A Case Study of Recessive Inheritance in Inbred Populations
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Professional Development, Life SciencesWhen a newborn develops symptoms eerily similar to those of an older sibling who died shortly after birth, his Mennonite parents...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Education Materials, Education Theory and Practice, STEM Education 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 / 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: Professional Development, Life Sciences, CellsIn 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 / 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 / HyperLinkSplit My Brain A Case Study of Seizure Disorder and Brain Function
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Structure and Function in Living Things 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: Professional Development, Career & Technical Ed, Life Sciences, History-Social Science 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 / HyperLinkAIDS and the Duesberg Phenomenon
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesRenowned 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 / HyperLinkSometimes Less is Better The Treatment of Thromboembolism
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living ThingsEd 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 / HyperLinkMDR Tuberculosis A Case Study for Non-Science Majors Focused on Social Justice Issues
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Professional Development, Career & Technical Ed, Personal and Community Health 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 / HyperLinkChemical Eric Dealing with the Disintegration of Central Control
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living ThingsThis 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 / HyperLinkA Case of Spinal Cord Injury
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Learning Theories, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living ThingsJason Hendrix, a 21-year-old student majoring in economics, is injured in a serious motorcycle accident while on spring break ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMake a Life to Save a Life
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, CellsIn 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: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living ThingsThis 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 / HyperLinkSex and Vaccination
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social ScienceThis 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 / HyperLinkA Case of Diabetes Insipidus
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living ThingsAmanda Richards, a 20-year-old junior in college, is majoring in biology and hopes to be a pediatrician one day. For about a m...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Newborn Nightmare
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Career & Technical Ed, Cells, Life Sciences and 3 additional..Three newborns left in the care of Dr. Matthew Mitchell have developed a mysterious rash. Under increasing pressure from hospita...Views: 0Favorites: 0