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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 / HyperLinkCross-Dressing or Crossing-Over? Sex Testing of Women Athletes
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Sports and Competition 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 / HyperLinkConversations with Fireflies A Case Study of Mimicry and Defense
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkCoffee and Cigarettes Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke-Free Laws
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThis analysis case explores second-hand smoke and its impact on the decision to institute a smoking ban in the outdoor seating a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClosing the Gap Antiretroviral Therapy for the Developing World
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Personal and Community Health, History-Social Science, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this problem-based learning/role playing case, students apply their knowledge of the biology of HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChimpanzee Droppings Lead Scientists to Evolutionary Discovery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Personal and Community Health, Biochemistry, History-Social Science and 4 additional..This interrupted case study focuses on the research of Dr. Beatrice Hahn, who investigates DNA sequences in chimpanzee droppings...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChildbed Fever A Nineteenth-Century Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThis case describes the pioneering work of Ignaz Semmelweis and his efforts to remedy the problem of childbed fever in mid-19th ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChemical Eric Dealing with the Disintegration of Central Control
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyThis 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 / HyperLinkCell Phone Use and Cancer A Case Study to Explore the Scientific Method
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical TechnologyIn this case study, students analyze a scientific study, first by analyzing news articles reporting on the research and then by ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBut I'm Too Young! A Case Study of Ovarian Cancer
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentIn this ???????clicker case, students are introduced to Abby, a college student who has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBringing Back Baby Jason To Clone or Not to Clone
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Technology, Biochemistry, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This dilemma case, designed for use in an undergraduate genetics course, explores the basic genetic concepts underlying the clon...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBad Fish: General Biology Edition
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Structure and Function in Living Things 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 / HyperLinkBad Fish, Bad Bird Neurotoxin Poisoning from Fish and Fowl
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Chemistry 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 / HyperLinkBaby Doe v. The Prenatal Clinic When Cell Division Goes Awry
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentIn 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 / HyperLinkAnyone Who Had a Heart A Case Study in Physiology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyAfter 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 / HyperLinkAnthrax Attack! A Case on Bioterrorism
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Professional Development, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThis case study presents a fictitious bio-terrorist plan to release anthrax in the United States. Students are assigned characte...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: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkAndrea: The Death of a Diabetic
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyIn chronicling the life and death of a woman who developed diabetes as a teenager, this case study explores such basic science t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Antipodal Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, 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 / HyperLinkAmber's Secret
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Sociology, History-Social Science, Career & Technical Ed, Life Sciences 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