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A Cool Glass of Water
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentDoes an ice cube melt more quickly in salt water or in freshwater? The answer surprises the group of student science teachers po...Views: 0Favorites: 0Should Bill Buy Sammy? A Case Study Introducing Basic Chemistry Concepts
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentIn this case, students are shown the relevance of chemistry in daily decision-making by taking a look at the popular dietary sup...Views: 0Favorites: 0To Boldly Go ... Or Not A Public Hearing Case Study
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Technology, Engineering & Design, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentThis fictional public forum case study is centered on the 2004 decision by President George W. Bush to set NASA s primary goal a...Views: 0Favorites: 0When Drug Sales and Science Collide
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical Ed, Professional DevelopmentWhen "Jeff," a fictionalized drug representative, is placed on the Vioxx account in 2001, he finds himself pulled between sales...Views: 0Favorites: 0Childbed Fever A Nineteenth-Century Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social Science, Personal and Community Health, Professional DevelopmentThis case describes the pioneering work of Ignaz Semmelweis and his efforts to remedy the problem of childbed fever in mid-19th ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Fecal Coliforms in Antarctica
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Cells, Professional DevelopmentIn this interrupted case study, students explore the environmental consequences of Antarctic research as they design experiments...Views: 0Favorites: 0A Case Study of Memory Loss in Mice
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Learning Theories, Professional DevelopmentThis discussion case explores the scientific process involved in implementing an animal model in the study of Alzheimer s diseas...Views: 0Favorites: 0Those Pesky Side-Reactions A Case Study on Ethics for Scientists and Engineers Developing Data in the Private Sector
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Engineering & Design, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThe characters in this dilemma case must balance personal financial considerations, their professional futures, and time constra...Views: 0Favorites: 0Would You Supersize My Cancer, Please? A Case Study Exploring Chemicals in the News
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Chemistry, Professional Development and 4 additional..The recent discovery of acrylamide in both fried and baked foods like French fries and potato chips has caused alarm. Acrylamide...Views: 0Favorites: 0Dengue in the Landscape A Threat to Public Health
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical Technology, Earth & Space Science, Professional Development 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: 0Tragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Career & Technical Ed, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Education Theory and Practice and 6 additional..This case explores the purported connection between vaccines in general, and the MMR vaccine specifically, and autism. Students ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Mother'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: 0Mom Always Liked You Best Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Life Sciences 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: 0AIDS 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: 0The Case of the Missing Bees High Fructose Corn Syrup and Colony Collapse Disorder
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Nature & Method of Science, Science, Life Sciences and 8 additional..Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has claimed approximately one-third of the commercial honeybee population in recent years. A numb...Views: 0Favorites: 0Avogadro Goes to Court
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, ChemistryThis case study was inspired by a successful lawsuit brought by students against a professor at Pace University who had assigned...Views: 0Favorites: 0The 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: 0Is a Mars Sample Return Mission Too Risky? A Public Hearing Case Study
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentFollowing a public hearing format, this case study allows students to explore the scientific and public policy issues surroundin...Views: 0Favorites: 0Cooling Off a Warming Planet Analyzing the Tradeoffs in Policies for Climate Change
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Economics, Sociology, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems 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: 0To Spray or Not to Spray A Debate Over Malaria and DDT
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Health Science & Medical Technology, Chemistry, Professional Development 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