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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, Nature & Method of Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Science Careers 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 / HyperLinkI Can Quit Anytime I Want The Biological Basis of Euphoria and Addiction
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences 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 / 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 / HyperLinkMom Always Liked You Best Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkMother's Milk Cures Cancer? Researchers Deliberate Over Whether to Publish
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Cells, Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case study on the immune system, cell cycle regulation, and cancer biology explores the role that serendipity plays in new ...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, Sociology, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkFishing for Answers in the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This clicker case addresses the eutrophication of aquatic systems caused by human activities. "Susan" is a biology student wor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKeeping up with the Joneses A Case Study in Human Physiology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Nutrition, Sports and Competition and 2 additional..This interrupted case study in cardiovascular physiology focuses on Suzie, a determined young woman who is training hard for the...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMy Brother's Keeper A Case Study in Evolutionary Biology and Animal Behavior
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences and 3 additional..In this interrupted case study, students work in teams to interpret behavioral data with respect to evolutionary biology. Speci...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDem Bones Forensic Resurrection of a Skeleton
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Humanities, Public Services and 4 additional..In this case study, a forensic anthropologist must determine the age and sex as well as look for signs of trauma to a skeleton f...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 / HyperLinkBut I'm Too Young! A Case Study of Ovarian Cancer
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Professional Development, Life SciencesIn 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 / 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 / HyperLinkTragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Education Materials, Education Theory and Practice, Career & Technical Ed 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 / HyperLinkThe Coelacanth: An Odd Fish
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Evolution and Adaptation, Life SciencesThis "clicker case" is a redesign of a case, also in our collection, by Robert H. Grant titled "A Strange Fish Indeed: The 'Disc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoor Devils The Plight of the Tasmanian Devils
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Biochemistry and 6 additional..Cancer is usually thought to be a disease that affects individuals. But could cancer evolve to become infectious? This case foll...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 / HyperLinkDarwin's Finches and Natural Selection
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Evolution and Adaptation and 4 additional..In this "clicker case," students learn about natural selection through the research of Peter and Rosemary Grant and colleagues o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Druid Dracula: Clicker Case Version
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Science and 2 additional..This clicker case is a modified version of another case in our collection by the same name. It uses a PowerPoint presentation ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Galapagos
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Evolution and Adaptation and 4 additional..Using problem-based learning and role-playing, students analyze the geological origins of the Galapagos Islands, their colonizat...Views: 0Favorites: 0