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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBad Fish, Bad Bird Neurotoxin Poisoning from Fish and Fowl
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Science, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry and 4 additional..This "clicker case" is based on the General Biology edition of James Hewlett s Bad Fish case in our collection. The case follo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkToo Many Deer! A Case Study in Managing Urban Deer Herds
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..A town meeting is the setting for this case study in which students explore the topics of overpopulation, bioethics, and managem...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSex and Vaccination
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community HealthThis 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 / HyperLinkCross-Dressing Salmon Survival of the Sneaky
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Evolution and AdaptationThis "clicker case" about female mimicry in spawning salmon was developed for an introductory-level, non-majors biology course t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Set the Moose Loose? Trophic Interactions in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..This clicker case focuses on the food web of the riparian bird communities of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystemand how communi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Antipodal Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Evolution and AdaptationThe discovery of the platypus had the scientific world in an uproar and kept it tantalized for decades. Here was the strangest a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Death of Baby Pierre A Genetic Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Evolution and AdaptationThis directed case study on a genetic disorder was developed for an exam on genetics for a general biology course. The case is ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Rocky Mountain Locust Extinction and the American Experience
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 4 additional..This case explores conservation and social issues associated with the destruction of vast tracts of farmland in the Great Plains...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnother Can of Bull? Do Energy Drinks Really Provide a Source of Energy?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Nutrition, Chemistry and 2 additional..This case is a clicker adaptation of a similarly titled case by Merle Heidemann and Gerald Urquhart of Michigan State Universi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Spray or Not to Spray A Debate Over Malaria and DDT
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Chemistry and 2 additional..In this case study, students grapple with the complex issues surrounding the use of DDT to control malaria in the developing wor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMake a Life to Save a Life
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, 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 / HyperLinkChemical Eric Dealing with the Disintegration of Central Control
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional DevelopmentThis 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 / HyperLinkSearch for the Missing Sea Otters An Ecological Detective Story
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..Using a progressive disclosure format, this case study teaches students how to apply ecological principles to a real-life ecolog...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDr. Collins and the Case of the Mysterious Infection
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical Technology, Professional Development and 2 additional..In this case study, Dr. Collins must diagnose and prescribe treatment for a young patient with a serious infection. Students rec...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Secret of Popcorn Popping Water Power at the Cellular Level
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Life Sciences, Professional Development, CellsFocusing on the important role of water in living cellular chemistry, this case emphasizes the general solubility rule, "like di...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 / HyperLinkThe Case of the Druid Dracula
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Science, Public Services, Current Science 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 / HyperLinkDo Corridors Have Value in Conservation?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science 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 / HyperLinkThe Evolution of Human Skin Color
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Cells, Evolution and AdaptationIn 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 / HyperLinkThe Case of the Dividing Cell Mitosis and Meiosis in the Cellular Court
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, CellsThe Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of The State vs.Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney cal...Views: 0Favorites: 0