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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEditorial Board
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Technology, Instructional TechnologyEditorial 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 / HyperLinkEcotourism: Who Benefits?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Economics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science 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 / HyperLinkEating PCBs from Lake Ontario - The Clicker Version A Case on Science and the Media
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Mathematics, Earth & Space Science and 7 additional..This is a clicker adaptation of another case in our collection, Eating PCBs from Lake Ontario: Is There an Effect or Not? (2...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDust to Dust The Carbon Cycle
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and 4 additional..Tom and his grandfather, a retired high school chemistry teacher, are talking about a National Geographic television documentary...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDredge Today, Restore Tomorrow
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..In this case study, students role-play members of a task force whose task it is to advise the Director of the National Park Serv...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDr. Collins and the Case of the Mysterious Infection
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Cells, Personal and Community Health 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 / HyperLinkDo You Really Know What You're Eating? A Case Study on Genetically Modified Foods
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Science, Health Science & Medical Technology and 6 additional..Starting from a fictional news report about an apparent allergic reaction to a taco tainted by genetically modified corn, stud...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDo Corridors Have Value in Conservation?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Career & Technical Ed, Ecology & Ecosystems 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 / HyperLinkDirectory Registration
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Instructional Technology, TechnologyPlease fill out the form below and your entry will be added to the Case Study Teachers Directory within a few days.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDire Straights Transsexualism and Gendered Stereotypes
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Electives, 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 / HyperLinkDengue in the Landscape A Threat to Public Health
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Personal and Community Health 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 / HyperLinkDem Bones Forensic Resurrection of a Skeleton
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Current Science, 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 / HyperLinkDecoding the Flu
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Personal and Community Health and 3 additional..This "clicker case" was designed to develop students' ability to read and interpret information stored in DNA. Making use of per...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDarwin's Finches and Natural Selection
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..In this "clicker case," students learn about natural selection through the research of Peter and Rosemary Grant and colleagues o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCross-Dressing Salmon Survival of the Sneaky
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Evolution and AdaptationThis "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 / HyperLinkCross-Dressing or Crossing-Over? Sex Testing of Women Athletes
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Cells, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 2 additional..In this clicker case, students learn about sex determination, meiosis, and chromosomal crossing over through the story of Sa...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCooling Off a Warming Planet Analyzing the Tradeoffs in Policies for Climate Change
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Economics, Electives, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 6 additional..This role-playing case on climate change policy is designed to engage student groups in parallel discussions on policy instrumen...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCooking Under Pressure Applying the Ideal Gas Law in the Kitchen
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Cells and 5 additional..The Clarksons are making dinner for friends and decide to try out their new pressure cooker. As students read the dialogue that ...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, Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkConference Registration
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Instructional Technology, TechnologyRegistration information for the annual fall conference.Views: 0Favorites: 0