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A Case of Mistaken Memory? The Psychology of Eyewitness Memory
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Psychology, Public Services, Current Science, Professional Development, History-Social ScienceThis case explores the fundamental principles of memory, eyewitness accuracy, and police questioning techniques in witness ident...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Classic Case of Serial Murder Forensics Meets Photonics
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Professional Development, Public Services, Current Science and 2 additional..In this case study, a newly appointed medical examiner uncovers an unusual trend in drowning cases, which she suspects may be th...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Headache to Die For A Case Study in Forensic Science
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Current Science, Professional DevelopmentThis case, based on an actual case of product tampering that occurred in Seattle in 1986, was designed for use in an introductor...Views: 0Favorites: 0Accidental Drowning or Foul Play?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Current Science, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Professional DevelopmentThis case was developed for use in the first semester of a sophomore organic chemistry laboratory to illustrate how a combinatio...Views: 0Favorites: 0Agents of Change
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Finance & Business, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Sports and CompetitionThis article is written by a journalist who specializes in analyzing the NBA (National Basketball Association). It gives you a g...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0Burning Down the House A Case Study in Forensic Instrumental Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Current Science, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentIn this lab-based case, arson investigator Marie Stanforth comes under suspicion when her ex-husband dies in a fire. Students ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Cave Swallows
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Nature & Method of Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional Development and 3 additional..Bats aren't the only winged creatures living in caves. Learn how swallows are a growing population in New Mexico's caves.Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Caves
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Nature & Method of Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Geography and 5 additional..These two scientists discover the importance of water in cave formations.Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Dem Bones Forensic Resurrection of a Skeleton
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living Things, Public Services, Current Science and 4 additional..In this case study, a forensic anthropologist must determine the age and sex as well as look for signs of trauma to a skeleton f...Views: 0Favorites: 0Dinosaurs
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Nature & Method of Science, People in Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 7 additional..By looking at the little fossils, these two scientists are able to learn more about the big picture and gain a better understand...Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Discovery of the Solar System
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Nature & Method of Science, Physics, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..This page is part of NASA's website "From Stargazers to Starships". It discusses the evolution of scientific thought concerning ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Earth Island Institute
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Nature & Method of Science, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..Visitors to this homepage can learn about the Earth Island Institute and its mission, origins, and purpose. Materials include su...Views: 0Favorites: 0Environment News Service
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nature & Method of Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space ScienceThe Environment News Service is a daily international wire service covering issues and events that affect the environment. Topic...Views: 0Favorites: 0Environment News Service
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Nature & Method of Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space ScienceThe Environment News Service is a daily international wire service covering issues and events that affect the environment. Topic...Views: 0Favorites: 0Examiner of Patents
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Science, Finance & Business, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life SciencesJason Mackenzie was a student in biology in New Zealand. He came to Australia to further his education. One day he went to a sem...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0For When You'r e Stuck
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Science, Finance & Business, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Engineering & DesignHere are some writing ideas from college students at Middlebury College in Vermont, Massachusetts. Give one a try!Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0Forecasting
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Nature & Method of Science, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences and 7 additional..These two scientists were curious about the weather and how current weather predicting methods compare with methods of the past....Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0F-scale
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Nature & Method of Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 4 additional..These two young scientists learned about how the severity of a tornado is measured and were pretty accurate at it! They classifi...Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Genes at Work
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 2 additional..This site will you investigate how dominant traits, genes, and DNA determine the physical characteristics of a subject (the way ...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0Gravity Fountain
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Physics, Force & Motion, Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 4 additional..Use this gravity fountain investigation as a science fair project idea for your elementary or middle school science fair! Then t...Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
