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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMom Always Liked You Best Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLinkThe Unfortunate Nurse A Case Study of Dengue Fever and Social Policy
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Cells, Life Sciences, Professional Development and 3 additional..Based on an actual incident in which dengue virus was transmitted by an accidental needlestick, this case study introduces stude...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, 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 / HyperLinkDecoding the Flu
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, Science, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkTragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: STEM Education, Education Theory and Practice, Life Sciences, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkAndrea: The Death of a Diabetic
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, 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 / HyperLinkThe Raelians Visionary Science or Quackery?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, TechnologyThe topics of human cloning and pseudoscience are introduced in this case through the story of Claude Vorilhon, a French auto ra...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDarwin's Finches and Natural Selection
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkSaving Superman: Ethics and Stem Cell Research
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case explores the political and ethical issues associated with stem cell research. Students read the case describing Christ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Ecological Footprint Dilemma
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences and 3 additional..Is it better to have a new parking lot on campus or use that space to develop a community garden? This is the issue presented in...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraining
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, Technology, Instructional Technology 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 / HyperLinkYou Poured it Where? A Case Study in Invasive Species
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural 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 / HyperLinkKate-tastrophy A Case Study in Brain Death
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Psychology, Learning TheoriesIn this interrupted case, students examine the concept of unconsciousness and develop an understanding of how clinicians diagnos...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Galapagos
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Life Sciences and 4 additional..Using problem-based learning and role-playing, students analyze the geological origins of the Galapagos Islands, their colonizat...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkToo Many Deer! A Case Study in Managing Urban Deer Herds
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLinkThe 'Wolfman' and the Chromosomal Basis of Heredity
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesThis clicker case tells the story of Danny Gomez, a Mexican circus performer, and his family in order to teach basic principle...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSearch for the Missing Sea Otters An Ecological Detective Story
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..Using a progressive disclosure format, this case study teaches students how to apply ecological principles to a real-life ecolog...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBad Fish: General Biology Edition
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology 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 / HyperLinkA Tale of Three Lice A Case Study on Phylogeny, Speciation, and Hominin Evolution
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Evolution and AdaptationThis clicker case explores the questions of when hominins lost their body hair and began wearing clothing by examining the sur...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConversations with Fireflies A Case Study of Mimicry and Defense
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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