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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEnergy Up, Weight Down? Finding Nutrition Information
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Nutrition, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLinkFacing the Pain An Interrupted Case Study in Physiology
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis interrupted case study in cardiovascular and nerve physiology focuses on Lynn, a married woman with a young child whose hus...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: Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Personal and Community Health 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 / HyperLinkJosie An Interdisciplinary Case Study of Madness
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Psychology, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn this interdisciplinary case, students meet Josie, the main character, who suffers from a variety of symptoms. Students must g...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCoffee and Cigarettes Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke-Free Laws
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis 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 / HyperLinkAndrea: The Death of a Diabetic
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn 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 / HyperLinkAmanda's Absence Should Vioxx Be Kept Off the Market?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLinkToo Many B Cells Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and the Role of Flow Cytometry
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Biochemistry, Cells, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentTaylor'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 / HyperLinkClosing the Gap Antiretroviral Therapy for the Developing World
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social Science, Cells, Personal and Community Health 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 / HyperLinkSweet Indigestion A Directed Case Study on Carbohydrates
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Nutrition, Professional DevelopmentThese days it seems like everyone is counting carbs. About 24 million Americans report they have cut carbohydrates from their di...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSaving Superman A Look Into Stem Cell Research
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentUsing 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 / HyperLinkCell Phone Use and Cancer A Case Study to Explore the Scientific Method
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Personal and Community Health, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, 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 / 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 / HyperLinkIs Iron Fertilization Good for the Sea?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science 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 / HyperLinkNot an Old Person's Disease
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThe overall goal of this case is to introduce students to the genetic basis of cancer while teaching them about melanoma. The fi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFace the Fats The Biochemistry of Lipids
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, History-Social Science, 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 / HyperLinkAcids, pH, and Buffers Some Basic Chemistry for Biological Science
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentIn this clicker case, a three-year-old girl gets into the medicine cabinet and ingests an unknown number of aspirin tablets. H...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: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Mathematics 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 / HyperLinkMystery in Alaska Why Have All the Sea Lions Gone?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..This interrupted case study highlights the importance of energy considerations within food chains by examining the population de...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYou Poured it Where? A Case Study in Invasive Species
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth's 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