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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Antipodal Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThe 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: Evolution and Adaptation, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis 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: Engineering & Design, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems 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: Chemistry, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology 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: Chemistry, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health 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 / HyperLinkFacing the Pain An Interrupted Case Study in Physiology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis interrupted case study in cardiovascular and nerve physiology focuses on Lynn, a married woman with a young child whose hus...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMake a Life to Save a Life
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn 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: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, 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: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science 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 / HyperLinkMDR Tuberculosis A Case Study for Non-Science Majors Focused on Social Justice Issues
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation and 3 additional..In this case study on multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, students consider ways in which to preserve health as a human rig...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, Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, Cells 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, Cells, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentFocusing 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: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, 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: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Current Science, Professional Development 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: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Career & Technical Ed 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: Evolution and Adaptation, Cells, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn 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: Cells, Life Sciences, 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: Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professional Development, Nutrition 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: Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology 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: 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