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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Chemistry of Curcumin The Health-Promoting Ingredient in Tumeric
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, Technology, Professional Development and 2 additional..This case study was developed to engage students by making connections between core concepts in organic chemistry and the health...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSickle Cell Anemia
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Cells and 2 additional..In this case study on sickle cell anemia, students are introduced to some of the key researchers responsible for determining the...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Raelians Visionary Science or Quackery?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Technology, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThe topics of human cloning and pseudoscience are introduced in this case through the story of Claude Vorilhon, a French auto ra...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case Study of Memory Loss in Mice
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Learning TheoriesThis discussion case explores the scientific process involved in implementing an animal model in the study of Alzheimer s diseas...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Klamath Basin Water Crisis Water Supply and Demand
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this case study, students examine global water shortage problems in the context of the current Klamath Basin water crisis. Tw...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGirl Pulled Alive from Ruins, 15 Days after Earthquake
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This case examines the integrated physiological response to dehydration and starvation from the real-life report of a girl disco...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExperimental Design and Statistical Analysis Bt Corn, Lignin, and ANOVAs
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science and 5 additional..This case is based on a research paper about the lignin content of genetically modified corn published in the American Journal o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds A Case of Sexual Selection and Evolution
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..Sexual selection has led to the evolution of interesting traits and behaviors in many animal species. In widowbirds, males under...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCoffee and Cigarettes Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke-Free Laws
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThis analysis case explores second-hand smoke and its impact on the decision to institute a smoking ban in the outdoor seating a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOf Mammoths and Men A Case Study in Extinction
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional Development and 3 additional..The discovery of a mammoth frozen in the Siberian tundra is the backdrop for this case study, which explores theories for the ex...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFecal Coliforms in Antarctica
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Cells, Life SciencesIn this interrupted case study, students explore the environmental consequences of Antarctic research as they design experiments...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Walk Through Mike's Code A Case Study in Software Technical Reviews
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Instructional Technology, Technology, Engineering & Design, Information TechnologyThis case introduces the concept of a software review. The central character, a programmer named Mike, thinks he and not his cod...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEcotourism: Who Benefits?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Economics, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..In this case study, students assess ecotourism in Costa Rica by considering the viewpoints of a displaced landowner, banana plan...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFootball Fanaticism
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Learning Theories, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentA fight in a college town bar between the football player of one team and a drunken fan of a rival team results in a serious spi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSo, What is it that Engineers Do, Anyway?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Engineering & Design, Professional DevelopmentIn this case study, new engineering students are introduced to the discipline of engineering by illustrating the roles of variou...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPermitted Uses
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentThe National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science holds the copyright for all of the cases in its collection. As the copyri...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAwards &?Recognition
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Instructional Technology, TechnologyWe are a recipient of a 2004 National Dissemination grant from the National Science Foundation s Division of Undergraduate Educa...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEditorial Board
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentEditorial Board members advise the Center on its work as well as serve as a core group of reviewers for the case studies submitt...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhich Little Piggy Went to Market? Bioinformatics and Meat Science
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences, Technology and 4 additional..In this case study, a scientist is contacted by a friend from a meat processing plant who is looking for a test to determine the...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Killer Lake
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Career & Technical Ed, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..In 1986, Lake Nyos, a volcanic lake located in Cameroon, Africa, released a huge amount of carbon dioxide gas, killing over 1,70...Views: 0Favorites: 0