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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPKU Carriers How Many Are in Your Hometown?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Biochemistry, Professional Development, Life SciencesIn this interrupted case study, students read about a college student with phenylketonuria (PKU). Students learn how diet affec...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWoe to That Child A Case of Cystic Fibrosis
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Cells, Life SciencesAlvin s parents are worried about him. He has had a cough for almost a week, and he s wheezing a lot more than they think is nor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMask of the Black God The Pleiades in Navajo Cosmology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentOne Navajo legend attributes the creation of the primary stars and constellations to "Black God." Today, a famous star cluster, ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Tired Swimmer A Case Study on the Nervous System
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Learning Theories, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Life SciencesAnnie is on a college swimming scholarship. Recently she has been feeling tired and her times have been getting slower. She has ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDengue in the Landscape A Threat to Public Health
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Earth's Resources, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences and 5 additional..This interrupted case engages students in issues contributing to the increase of dengue fever in Jamaica. The overall goal of th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe 2000-Meter Row A Case in Homeostasis
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Sports and Competition, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Life SciencesThe physically demanding sport of competitive rowing is the backdrop for this case about homeostasis in which students follow th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBurning Down the House A Case Study in Forensic Instrumental Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Public Services, Current Science, Professional DevelopmentIn this lab-based case, arson investigator Marie Stanforth comes under suspicion when her ex-husband dies in a fire. Students ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Be Who I Am An Issues Case on Identity and the Body
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Electives, History-Social Science, Psychology, Sociology, Professional DevelopmentThis case examines a rare condition known as Body Integrity Identity Disorder, in which an individual has a persistent and consu...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDire Straights Transsexualism and Gendered Stereotypes
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Electives, Humanities, Psychology, Sociology and 2 additional..This case study is a fictional account of a romantic interlude in which a secret concerning the gender history of one of the cha...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmber's Secret
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Electives, Sociology, Health Science & Medical Technology and 5 additional..This problem-based case focuses on the female menstrual cycle and early stages of pregnancy of an unwed teenager. Working in sma...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Tell the Truth Delivering Bad News to Patients
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical Ed, Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case was developed to teach first-year medical students about medical ethics as they apply to patient communication. Studen...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case of Iron Deficiency Anemia
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 2 additional..Dolores Welborn, a 28-year-old attorney, is pregnant with her first child. Lately she has been tiring easily and is often shor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBaby Doe v. The Prenatal Clinic When Cell Division Goes Awry
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Cells, Life SciencesIn this fictionalized story, John and Jane, whose new baby is born with Down syndrome, are suing the prenatal clinic where Jane ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWould You Supersize My Cancer, Please? A Case Study Exploring Chemicals in the News
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Nutrition, Technology, Life Sciences and 4 additional..The recent discovery of acrylamide in both fried and baked foods like French fries and potato chips has caused alarm. Acrylamide...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSweet Truth Not All Carbohydrates Are Alike
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Nutrition, Technology, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This case reviews concepts of monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide and contrasts the structures of different pairs o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Fate and Transport of Toxic Releases A GIS Case Study
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Science and 9 additional..The release of toxins into the environment and the federal government's tracking of that using the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Plan: Ethics and Physician Assisted Suicide
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical Ed, Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case study on physician-assisted suicide is used in a medical ethics course. The case itself is a short article published i...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJosie An Interdisciplinary Case Study of Madness
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Psychology, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn this interdisciplinary case, students meet Josie, the main character, who suffers from a variety of symptoms. Students must g...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThose Pesky Side-Reactions A Case Study on Ethics for Scientists and Engineers Developing Data in the Private Sector
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Engineering & Design, Professional DevelopmentThe characters in this dilemma case must balance personal financial considerations, their professional futures, and time constra...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNancy A. Schiller
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Technology, Instructional Technology, Professional DevelopmentCo-Director, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Librarian, Science and Engineering Library University at Buffalo...Views: 0Favorites: 0