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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWould You Supersize My Cancer, Please? A Case Study Exploring Chemicals in the News
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Nutrition 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 / HyperLinkWhen Drug Sales and Science Collide
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Professional Development, Career & Technical EdWhen "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 / HyperLinkTragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Education Materials, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Health Science & Medical Technology 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 / HyperLinkTo Spray or Not to Spray A Debate Over Malaria and DDT
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Health Science & Medical Technology 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 / HyperLinkTo Boldly Go ... Or Not A Public Hearing Case Study
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Earth & Space Science, Technology, Professional Development, Engineering & DesignThis fictional public forum case study is centered on the 2004 decision by President George W. Bush to set NASA s primary goal a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThose Pesky Side-Reactions A Case Study on Ethics for Scientists and Engineers Developing Data in the Private Sector
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Engineering & Design, Professional DevelopmentThe characters in this dilemma case must balance personal financial considerations, their professional futures, and time constra...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Evolution of Human Skin Color
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional Development, Evolution and AdaptationIn 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 Missing Bees High Fructose Corn Syrup and Colony Collapse Disorder
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Science Careers 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 / HyperLinkShould Bill Buy Sammy? A Case Study Introducing Basic Chemistry Concepts
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentIn this case, students are shown the relevance of chemistry in daily decision-making by taking a look at the popular dietary sup...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRising Temperatures, Differing Viewpoints A Case Study on the Politics of Information
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..In this case, students work in small groups to analyze and critically evaluate the often political nature of news stories. The c...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMother's Milk Cures Cancer? Researchers Deliberate Over Whether to Publish
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Cells, Professional DevelopmentThis case study on the immune system, cell cycle regulation, and cancer biology explores the role that serendipity plays in new ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMom Always Liked You Best Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Evolution and Adaptation, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..This interrupted case study is based on a journal article on the parenting behavior of American coots. Working through the case,...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs a Mars Sample Return Mission Too Risky? A Public Hearing Case Study
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentFollowing a public hearing format, this case study allows students to explore the scientific and public policy issues surroundin...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFecal Coliforms in Antarctica
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentIn this interrupted case study, students explore the environmental consequences of Antarctic research as they design experiments...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDengue in the Landscape A Threat to Public Health
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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 / HyperLinkCooling Off a Warming Planet Analyzing the Tradeoffs in Policies for Climate Change
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Electives, Earth & Space Science 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 / HyperLinkChildbed Fever A Nineteenth-Century Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Professional DevelopmentThis 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 / HyperLinkCell Phone Use and Cancer A Case Study to Explore the Scientific Method
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Professional DevelopmentIn 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 / HyperLinkAvogadro Goes to Court
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThis case study was inspired by a successful lawsuit brought by students against a professor at Pace University who had assigned...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnthrax Attack! A Case on Bioterrorism
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Professional DevelopmentThis case study presents a fictitious bio-terrorist plan to release anthrax in the United States. Students are assigned characte...Views: 0Favorites: 0