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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBad Fish: General Biology Edition
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry and 2 additional..In this version, developed for a course in general biology, the protagonist of the case, Dr. Westwood, survives an accidental po...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Rigorous Investigation The Relationships Between Cellular Respiration, Muscle Contraction, and Rigor Mortis
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentIn this directed case study, students investigate the cause of death in an incident that occurs late at night in a research lab....Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGlobal Climate Change: Impact and Remediation
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Engineering & Design, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 5 additional..This clicker case is a continuation of another case in our collection, Global Climate Change: Evidence and Causes, in which ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Can of Bull Do Energy Drinks Really Provide a Source of Energy?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nutrition, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 2 additional..This case study is designed to teach students at various levels about large biomolecules, nutrition, and product analysis. Stude...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConversations with Fireflies A Case Study of Mimicry and Defense
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This case explores the aggressive mimicry behavior of the femme fatale firefly - female fireflies in the genus Photuris that mim...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Soccer Mom A Case Study on the Nervous System
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentPhyllis Jackson has fainted on the soccer field. She thinks she is just dehydrated, but her husband is worried. He has noticed t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKate-tastrophy A Case Study in Brain Death
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Psychology, Professional Development, Learning Theories, History-Social ScienceIn this interrupted case, students examine the concept of unconsciousness and develop an understanding of how clinicians diagnos...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Healthy Retirement?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentNancy has been looking forward to her retirement and a chance to entertain and travel with her husband Jim. But she hasn t been ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnyone Who Had a Heart A Case Study in Physiology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentAfter undergoing a fertility procedure, a 37-year-old woman and her husband are expecting twins. The delivery goes smoothly, but...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe 'Wolfman' and the Chromosomal Basis of Heredity
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis clicker case tells the story of Danny Gomez, a Mexican circus performer, and his family in order to teach basic principle...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI'm Looking Over a White-Striped Clover A Natural Selection Case
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional DevelopmentThis case is an exploration of the process of natural selection using white clover (Trifolium repens) as an example. In general,...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEnergy Up, Weight Down? Finding Nutrition Information
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nutrition, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentWhen Jill s roommate Nancy starts using a nutritional product to improve her energy and lose weight, Jill goes searching for inf...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrayer Study Science or Not?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Electives, History-Social Science, Psychology and 2 additional..In this case, students read a news article about a study of the effects of intercessory prayer on cardiac patients published in ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Tale of Three Lice A Case Study on Phylogeny, Speciation, and Hominin Evolution
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional DevelopmentThis clicker case explores the questions of when hominins lost their body hair and began wearing clothing by examining the sur...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLady Tasting Coffee A Case Study in Experimental Design
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Mathematics, Professional Development, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityIn the 1920s, biologist and statistician Ronald Fisher met a woman who claimed she could taste whether a cup of tea was prepared...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBad Fish, Bad Bird Neurotoxin Poisoning from Fish and Fowl
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things and 4 additional..This "clicker case" is based on the General Biology edition of James Hewlett s Bad Fish case in our collection. The case follo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkToo Many Deer! A Case Study in Managing Urban Deer Herds
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..A town meeting is the setting for this case study in which students explore the topics of overpopulation, bioethics, and managem...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSex and Vaccination
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, History-Social Science, Professional DevelopmentThis case study focuses on the controversy surrounding the decision by Texas Governor Rick Perry to mandate the compulsory vacci...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCross-Dressing Salmon Survival of the Sneaky
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional DevelopmentThis "clicker case" about female mimicry in spawning salmon was developed for an introductory-level, non-majors biology course t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Set the Moose Loose? Trophic Interactions in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This clicker case focuses on the food web of the riparian bird communities of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystemand how communi...Views: 0Favorites: 0