Case Based Learning Using Trade Books

Can you organize courses around something other than a textbook? Would you like to say no to the book reps?

Presentation

Books in use this year:

• The Wildlife of Our Bodies by Rob Dunn (Joel)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Stacey)

Using common tools:

• Case study approach
• Data bases
• 3Ps approach
• Data literacy

Incorporating Learning Objectives

Level of Organization

Bioethics crossover

Concerns:

• Level of prep work

Product: General outline (philosophy?) for a course flexible enough for use in any class with any book.

 

Resources:

Cancer and metabolism secondary article

• Malign Evolution Discover Magazine, April 1997.

NSTA’s annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12

http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/default.aspx

International spin

http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/index.html

Upper division molecular biology spin

http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v106/n9/fig_tab/bjc2012109f2.html#figure-title

Other resources that could be helpful:

Risk perception and cancer screening behavior review article

Bioethics case studies resource