| Broadcast News |
See
Fleaing Louisiana, based on an NPR story on
the lack of frost in Louisiana for five years. |
| Local
Events |
See
the case on genetically engineered
StarLink corn in the electronic "newspaper" LifeLines OnLine Spring
2001. Farmers in nearby Iowa grew the majority of the StarLink
variety in the United States. |
| Personal
Experiences |
See
the European Starlings and Woodpeckers
case based on the author's birding observations of local wood and
farm lots. |
| Learning
Objectives & Curriculum Standards |
See
The Nancy Creek Challenge
written by a group of K-12 teachers to address new Georgia state standards. |
| Text
Topics |
See
My
Twin Sister using a teen's letter and her concerns as a novel
way to introduce meiosis. |
| Lab
Exercises |
See
the Steroids case
and its associated reproductive physiology lab utilizing sea urchin
sperm and eggs. |
| Computer
Software |
Click
on LifeLines OnLine Spring
2001 and read the Biospherians story at the bottom inspired by
the modeling software the teacher wanted to use. |
| Assessments |
See
the pre-assessment
strategy from How
Now Mad Cow that was written to test prior knowledge of proteins
and prions, a microbiology assessment
activity for Souvenirs, and
the writing assignment Fractured News. |
| An Element
in a Thematic Course |
See
the 1999
Case Archives of the Global Seminar for five cases related to
sustainable food systems. |
| Consider
applications of the discipline's knowledge as another way to generate
ideas for cases. The following chart shows some ways that anatomy
and physiology and chemistry concepts
are applied. |
|
Use or Profession
|
Examples
|
A&P
Topics / Concepts
|
|
Athletic training/
|
professional
athletes diet and training (think of a sport)
Injuries
|
muscle A&P, neuromuscular interactions, homeostasis, development
see above under medicine.
|
|
Camping equipment
|
design of
products, esp. for withstanding temp. extremes |
thermoregulation
|
|
Education
|
Teaching
about bodies to young and old
Lamaze classes
Watching children’s physical abilities
|
Any A&P topic
Reproduction and birth, embryology
Development
|
|
Food science
|
Additives
and metabolism
Synthetic fats
|
Digestion, nutritional aspects as relate to physiology of nerves,
muscles, etc.
Digestion problems with synthetic fats.
|
|
Forensics
|
blood analyses
hair, skin, etc. |
Blood structure /function, immunology
|
|
Industry
|
Physical
requirements of certain jobs |
biomechanics, musculo-skeletal topics, reproduction topics
|
|
Law
|
Discrimination
cases based on physical differences (e.g., women as firefighters)
Other legal cases with A&P elements (NIOSH cases, tobacco)
|
strength and muscular arrangements
leads into pathology, but through the lawyer’s door.
|
|
Military
|
extreme exertion
(e.g., basic training, paratroopers) |
homeostasis at high altitude, in dehydration
|
|
Pharmaceuticals
|
Drug action
Drug design
Antiaging, antibalding
Quackery (debunk via A&P)
|
Physiological basis/effects of a variety of drugs on growth, development
or physiology
Design a drug to enhance or inhibit various functions (e.g., beta
blockers, antidepressants, hormones)
|
|
Space science
|
John Glenn
1963 and 1998
Mir astronauts
|
Bones and muscles, etc. Physiology in space.
|
|
Use or Profession
|
Examples
|
Chemistry Topics/concepts
|
| Industry |
Petroleum distillation
Glass productionCleaning supplies |
Organic chem., separation, distillation,
mixtures and solutions, using the properties of a substance to separate
itSilicates, oxides, combustion, change in stateFluorescence |
| Pharamaceuticals |
New drug development
Drug Mechanism of action |
Organic chem., reaction mechanisms,
biochem. |
| Agri-business |
Herbicides/PesticidesSoil chemistryFertilizers |
metabolism and its interruption, |
| Food science |
Tastes
Nutritional content
Properties of the food (e.g. emulsions, preservatives)
Baking
|
Energy content of food molecules, bonds,
change of state, acids/bases. |
| Health |
physiology e.g.
blood chemistry, kidney function Nuclear medicine X rays Metabolic
chemistry |
acid-base, buffers, etc.
isotopes, radiation, nuclear chemistry
biochemistry
|
| Environmental chemistry |
cleaning air
cleaning water
|
solutions, mixtures, fluids, separations
based on chemical properties |
| Materials science |
superconductors |
electrical properties, heat
capacity, |
| Space science |
dessication
atmospherics
water as fuel
|
hydrates
Boyle’s law
bonds and energy
|
|
Other types of records that can be used to
develop cases
- Client or patient records, rewritten
into the more story-like narrative style of a teaching case
- Video tapes, either as "trigger tapes"
or as subject matter/dilemma presentation
- lab results
- history of science
- published research reports
- published science articles from newspapers
or magazines
- literary sources
- government decisions and reports
- legislation
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