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The Haemophilus Vaccine A Victory for Immunologic Engineering
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences and 3 additional..This case study focuses on a young mother whose child attends a day care center where there has been an outbreak of bacterial me...Views: 0Favorites: 0Sonic Hedgehog Genetic Abnormalities and Tissue Donations
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Cells, Learning TheoriesIn this case study about a baby born with the genetic condition holoprosencephaly, students explore the Sonic hedgehog gene, s...Views: 0Favorites: 0Mystery in Alaska Why Have All the Sea Lions Gone?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This interrupted case study highlights the importance of energy considerations within food chains by examining the population de...Views: 0Favorites: 0You Poured it Where? A Case Study in Invasive Species
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This case focuses on the invasive aquarium strain of Caulerpa taxifolia to introduce students to issues about invasive species. ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Little Mito The Story of Where He Came From
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Life Sciences, Professional Development, CellsThis case presents a fanciful story about the origin of the eukaryotic cell, a major milestone in the evolution of life. The cha...Views: 0Favorites: 0Osmosis is Serious Business! Hebrew Translation
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Cells and 2 additional..This directed case study, translated from the original English into Hebrew, involves two stories, each concerned with some asp...Views: 0Favorites: 0Taking It on the Chin A Case Study on the Nervous System
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living ThingsIn this interrupted case study, students follow the story of Mr. Gower, who must have a root canal. All goes well at the dentist...Views: 0Favorites: 0Bringing Back Baby Jason To Clone or Not to Clone
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 4 additional..This dilemma case, designed for use in an undergraduate genetics course, explores the basic genetic concepts underlying the clon...Views: 0Favorites: 0The 1st New Disease of the 21st Century
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, Professional Development and 2 additional..This case study uses a PowerPoint (~1MB) combined with role-playing to present the epidemiology and pathophysiology of Severe Ac...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Case of Respiratory Distress
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Chemistry, Structure and Function in Living ThingsThis clinical case study was developed to engage students by making connections between core concepts in chemistry and physiolog...Views: 0Favorites: 0First in Flight, Last in Wetlands Preservation?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professional Development and 2 additional..Developed for an introductory environmental studies course, this case study explores the ecological, economic, and legislative i...Views: 0Favorites: 0Anthrax Attack! A Case on Bioterrorism
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, History-Social ScienceThis case study presents a fictitious bio-terrorist plan to release anthrax in the United States. Students are assigned characte...Views: 0Favorites: 0Threats to Biodiversity A Case Study of Hawaiian Birds
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences and 3 additional..This case study analyzes the impact of introduced species on native bird populations of Hawaii. Developed for an introductory bi...Views: 0Favorites: 0Prairie Garden of Troubles
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences and 3 additional..Developed for a general biology course for non-majors, this case focuses on prairie habitat ecology and restoration. Jim, a youn...Views: 0Favorites: 0Bad Fish: General Biology Edition
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Chemistry and 2 additional..In this version, developed for a course in general biology, the protagonist of the case, Dr. Westwood, survives an accidental po...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Rigorous Investigation The Relationships Between Cellular Respiration, Muscle Contraction, and Rigor Mortis
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, ChemistryIn this directed case study, students investigate the cause of death in an incident that occurs late at night in a research lab....Views: 0Favorites: 0The Dead Zone Ecology and Oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This interrupted case study focuses on the seasonal hypoxic area in the Gulf of Mexico known as the Dead Zone. It follows Sue, a...Views: 0Favorites: 0Stem Cells Promises to Keep?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 2 additional..Samantha and her husband Brad have two children, conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization treatments. After viewing a T...Views: 0Favorites: 0Global Climate Change: Impact and Remediation
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 5 additional..This clicker case is a continuation of another case in our collection, Global Climate Change: Evidence and Causes, in which ...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Case of Cheating?
Grades: GraduateSubjects: STEM Education, Education Theory and Practice, Education Materials, Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family ServicesThis case is based upon a real experience. It is written as an exercise for faculty to discuss, perhaps in a brown bag seminar a...Views: 0Favorites: 0