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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCan Suminoe Oysters Save Chesapeake Bay?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This dilemma case explores the controversy over introducing non-native oysters to the Chesapeake Bay as a means of improving its...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCooling Off a Warming Planet Analyzing the Tradeoffs in Policies for Climate Change
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 6 additional..This role-playing case on climate change policy is designed to engage student groups in parallel discussions on policy instrumen...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDengue in the Landscape A Threat to Public Health
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 5 additional..This interrupted case engages students in issues contributing to the increase of dengue fever in Jamaica. The overall goal of th...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDo Corridors Have Value in Conservation?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Career & Technical Ed, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This case study discusses conservation corridors as a means to reduce the problems of population size and isolation in a fragmen...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDredge Today, Restore Tomorrow
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..In this case study, students role-play members of a task force whose task it is to advise the Director of the National Park Serv...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFirst in Flight, Last in Wetlands Preservation?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..Developed for an introductory environmental studies course, this case study explores the ecological, economic, and legislative i...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs Iron Fertilization Good for the Sea?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural 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 / HyperLinkPesticides Can We Do Without Them?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 5 additional..By simulating a public hearing, this case study requires that students sift through and organize information on pesticide use pr...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrairie Garden of Troubles
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural 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 / HyperLinkThe Ecological Footprint Dilemma
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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 / HyperLinkThe Galapagos
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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 / HyperLinkThe Great Patagonia Land Grab A Case Study in International Biodiversity, Conservation, and Environmental Politics
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This PowerPoint case (~2.4 MB) was developed for an undergraduate, non-majors course in conservation biology. It explores the co...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Klamath Basin Water Crisis Water Supply and Demand
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..In this case study, students examine global water shortage problems in the context of the current Klamath Basin water crisis. Tw...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe River Damned The Proposed Removal of the Lower Snake River Dams
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..In this dilemma case, Congresswoman Madeline Gibson must cast her vote on the fate of the lower Snake River dams. The stakeholde...Views: 0Favorites: 0