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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmanda's Absence Should Vioxx Be Kept Off the Market?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentWhen chronic pain forces a top student to withdraw from college, biology instructor Dr. Sharpe learns that medications (in this ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSickle Cell Anemia
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Biochemistry, Chemistry and 2 additional..In this case study on sickle cell anemia, students are introduced to some of the key researchers responsible for determining the...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSaving Superman A Look Into Stem Cell Research
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Science, Professional Development, BiochemistryUsing a combination of directed case method and role-playing in which students learn about their roles using the jigsaw techniqu...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: Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social Science 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 / HyperLinkIs Iron Fertilization Good for the Sea?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Cells, Earth's Resources and 4 additional..This case study describes experiments to seed the ocean with iron to encourage algae growth. It explores how human activities co...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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFace the Fats The Biochemistry of Lipids
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Chemistry, Personal and Community Health and 8 additional..This clicker case introduces students to the biochemistry of lipids through the story of Pete, a college student who begins to c...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Healthy Retirement?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentNancy has been looking forward to her retirement and a chance to entertain and travel with her husband Jim. But she hasn t been ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Evolution of Human Skin Color
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Evolution and Adaptation, Cells, Professional DevelopmentIn 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 / HyperLinkUretero What? A Systems-Level View of a Pregnancy with Medical Complications
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Electives, Career & Technical Ed 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 / HyperLinkEnergy Up, Weight Down? Finding Nutrition Information
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nutrition, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional DevelopmentWhen Jill s roommate Nancy starts using a nutritional product to improve her energy and lose weight, Jill goes searching for inf...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 / HyperLinkThe Rocky Mountain Locust Extinction and the American Experience
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems and 4 additional..This case explores conservation and social issues associated with the destruction of vast tracts of farmland in the Great Plains...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrairie Garden of Troubles
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..Developed for a general biology course for non-majors, this case focuses on prairie habitat ecology and restoration. Jim, a youn...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMDR Tuberculosis A Case Study for Non-Science Majors Focused on Social Justice Issues
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, Career & Technical Ed, Evolution and Adaptation and 3 additional..In this case study on multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, students consider ways in which to preserve health as a human rig...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClosing the Gap Antiretroviral Therapy for the Developing World
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, Cells, Health Science & Medical Technology 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 / HyperLinkIs That Pill You're Taking Safe? A Case Study About the Drug Development Process
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis dilemma cased is based on the actual development, FDA approval, and market withdrawal of dexfenfluramine, a drug used in th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAIDS and the Duesberg Phenomenon
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentRenowned virologist and member of the prestigious National Academy of Science, Peter Duesberg has argued that AIDS is not caused...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI Can Quit Anytime I Want The Biological Basis of Euphoria and Addiction
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things and 4 additional..This clicker case explores the biological basis for the temporary euphoria that accompanies drug use as well as certain aspect...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMake a Life to Save a Life
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentIn this clicker case, students learn about meiosis through the real-life story of a couple who used pre-implantation genetic s...Views: 0Favorites: 0