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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Can of Bull Do Energy Drinks Really Provide a Source of Energy?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nutrition, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkThe Dead Zone Ecology and Oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This interrupted case study focuses on the seasonal hypoxic area in the Gulf of Mexico known as the Dead Zone. It follows Sue, a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThreats to Biodiversity A Case Study of Hawaiian Birds
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Life Sciences and 3 additional..This case study analyzes the impact of introduced species on native bird populations of Hawaii. Developed for an introductory bi...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: Mathematics, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences 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: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkWar, Death, and Cognitive Dissonance A Case Study for Social Psychology
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Electives, Sociology, History-Social Science, Psychology, 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 / HyperLinkThe Case of the Missing Bees High Fructose Corn Syrup and Colony Collapse Disorder
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Nutrition 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 / HyperLinkBlake's Illness A Case of "Wildlife Management"
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical TechnologyBlake is sick. With his background in the sciences and a little help from the Internet, he should be able to do a self-diagnosis...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChimpanzee Droppings Lead Scientists to Evolutionary Discovery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkThe Case of the Dividing Cell Mitosis and Meiosis in the Cellular Court
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, CellsThe Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of The State vs.Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney cal...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBaby Doe v. The Prenatal Clinic When Cell Division Goes Awry
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, CellsIn 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 / HyperLinkGolden Rice An Intimate Debate Case
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Biochemistry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 7 additional..In this intimate debate case, students consider whether to support the development and use of Golden Rice as a means to alleviat...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChildbed Fever A Nineteenth-Century Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Professional Development, 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 / HyperLinkA Cool Glass of Water
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Physics, Professional DevelopmentDoes an ice cube melt more quickly in salt water or in freshwater? The answer surprises the group of student science teachers po...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Druid Dracula
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Current Science, Public Services, Professional Development, Life Sciences and 2 additional..This case is based on a lurid crime featured on the BBC program Crimewatch in December 2001 that was solved thanks to forensic D...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Difficult Pregnancy A Nurse Practitioner Looks for Answers
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical TechnologyThis case study, about a developmentally disabled, 30-weeks-pregnant 19-year-old, presents some of the patient management issues...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExperimental Design and Statistical Analysis Bt Corn, Lignin, and ANOVAs
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Mathematics, Earth & Space Science, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Earth's Resources and 5 additional..This case is based on a research paper about the lignin content of genetically modified corn published in the American Journal o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGiving Birth to Someone Else's Children? A Case of Disputed Maternity
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentMost students have heard about situations in which the paternity of a child is questioned, but maternity? This case was designed...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case of Diabetes Insipidus
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentAmanda Richards, a 20-year-old junior in college, is majoring in biology and hopes to be a pediatrician one day. For about a m...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe 2000-Meter Row A Case in Homeostasis
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Sports and Competition, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentThe physically demanding sport of competitive rowing is the backdrop for this case about homeostasis in which students follow th...Views: 0Favorites: 0