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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYou Poured it Where? A Case Study in Invasive Species
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources and 4 additional..This case focuses on the invasive aquarium strain of Caulerpa taxifolia to introduce students to issues about invasive species. ...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, Life Sciences, Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis 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 / HyperLinkWorkshop Rosters
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentPlease see the Case Study Teachers Directory for our latest contact information about participants who have chosen to be listed.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorkshop Registration
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentRegistration information for the annual spring workshop.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWoe to That Child A Case of Cystic Fibrosis
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Cells, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyAlvin 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 / HyperLinkWhy is Patrick Paralyzed?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Biochemistry, ScienceThis clicker case introduces students to a rare genetic disease in which an enzyme is deficient in a critical metabolic pathwa...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: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhich Little Piggy Went to Market? Bioinformatics and Meat Science
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Health Science & Medical Technology and 4 additional..In this case study, a scientist is contacted by a friend from a meat processing plant who is looking for a test to determine the...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Drug Sales and Science Collide
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Career & Technical Ed, Health Science & Medical TechnologyWhen "Jeff," a fictionalized drug representative, is placed on the Vioxx account in 2001, he finds himself pulled between sales...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: Humanities, Current Science, History-Social Science, Public Services, 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 / HyperLinkWelcome
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentWelcome to the new National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science website. You'll find it quite different from the old site ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWar, Death, and Cognitive Dissonance A Case Study for Social Psychology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Psychology, Sociology, History-Social Science, Electives, Professional DevelopmentThis case study explores cognitive dissonance theory, a theory proposed by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1956 to explain the te...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, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology 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 / HyperLinkTwo Peas in a Pod A Case of Questionable Twins
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Technology, Life Sciences, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Health Science & Medical Technology and 3 additional..Based on an actual event, this case study focuses on some of the problems associated with reproductive technologies. It tells th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrouble in Paradise A Case of Speciation
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn this case study, students apply principles of evolution they have learned in class to create their own story explaining the e...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraining Videos
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Instructional Technology, Technology, Professional DevelopmentThe National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science has produced two videos that demonstrate how to teach science in a meanin...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraining
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Engineering & Design, Technology, Life Sciences and 2 additional..One of our major areas of focus is training science faculty in the case method of teaching. We do this through a number of activ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education Materials, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health and 6 additional..This case explores the purported connection between vaccines in general, and the MMR vaccine specifically, and autism. Students ...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, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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 / HyperLinkToo Many B Cells Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and the Role of Flow Cytometry
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Science, Cells, Professional Development, BiochemistryTaylor's doctor notices she has swollen lymph nodes and an elevated white blood cell count on her routine annual exam and asks h...Views: 0Favorites: 0