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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Headache to Die For A Case Study in Forensic Science
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Current Science, Professional DevelopmentThis case, based on an actual case of product tampering that occurred in Seattle in 1986, was designed for use in an introductor...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, Cells, Professional DevelopmentThe Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of The State vs.Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney cal...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Missing Bees High Fructose Corn Syrup and Colony Collapse Disorder
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nature & Method of Science, Nutrition, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Chemistry 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: History-Social Science, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Personal and Community Health 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 / HyperLinkCancel the Cardinals Home Opener?!? Lessons in Melting and Evaporation
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThe St. Louis Cardinals are scheduled to play their home opener the next day and Megan Riley, a young meteorologist who works fo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAIDS and the Duesberg Phenomenon
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentRenowned 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 / HyperLinkSummer Workshop
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Technology, Instructional Technology, Professional DevelopmentSponsored by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, this five-day workshop focuses on training science faculty ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMom Always Liked You Best Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkWhat Do We Tell the Sheriff? Determining Minimum Numbers of Individuals (MNI) for a Scatter of Human Bones
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Humanities, History-Social Science, Current Science, Professional DevelopmentStudents explore the issues involved in investigating and reporting on a scatter of skeletal remains to the police in this case ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeven Skeletons and a Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThis problem-based learning case uses Archaeopteryx, the most famous fossil in the world, to show the vital role that fossils pl...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMother's Milk Cures Cancer? Researchers Deliberate Over Whether to Publish
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThis 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: History-Social Science, Structure and Function in Living Things, Electives, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkSplit My Brain A Case Study of Seizure Disorder and Brain Function
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkThe 2000-Meter Row: A Case Study in Performance Anxiety
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Sports and Competition, Professional Development, PsychologyThis case study is based on another case in our collection, The 2000-Meter Row: A Case in Homeostasis, which emphasizes the meta...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLost in the Desert!
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentStudents learn about the interconnectedness of the body, with a particular focus on the skin as one of the most important homeos...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFishing for Answers in the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professional Development 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: Structure and Function in Living Things, Nutrition, Sports and Competition, Professional Development 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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional Development 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: History-Social Science, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & Physiology 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: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis interrupted case study follows the declining health of an infant who suffers from recurrent infections and finally is diagn...Views: 0Favorites: 0