Making the Case

Overview

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Making the Case

Using Case Studies to Increase Quantitative Biology Skills

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Goals

learn how to use data-driven modules in undergraduate life science courses
customize and implement newly designed educational modules from a wide range of biological topics
participate in biweekly virtual sessions to collaborate with and support others in the network and receive mentoring

Mentors

J. Phil Gibson, University of Oklahoma
John Starnes, Somerset Community College

Final Products

Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse

Jay Owen Sandal

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse v1.0

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this "clicker" case study explores ultimate and proximate explanations for cryptic coloration in animals.

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08.2019

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How Many More Thymes & Herbivore Defense

Sheryl Konrad, Angela Dassow

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: How Many More Thymes? A Case of Phytochemical Defense v1.0

Adaptations to the How Many More Thymes? case study featuring terpene-based herbivore defense and pollinator attraction in Nicotiana plants.

food webs, genotype, phenotype, Herbivory, herbivore, deterrence, monoterpene, producer, chemotype, Thymus vulgaris, thyme, Mediterranean ecosystem, chemical defenses, Manduca sexta, Nicotiana

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05.2019

The Polar Bear of the Salt Marsh? Warming Tolerance Limits of Local Species

Angela Dassow, Sheryl Konrad

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: The Polar Bear of the Salt Marsh? v1.0

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- In the adaptation exercise, students explore connections between saltmarsh sparrow declines and declining populations of local species that live on or near their campus.

Coastal wetlands, Connecticut, management, northeast, sea-level rise, salt marsh

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05.2019

Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds

Katie Northcutt

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds v1.0

Teaching Notes on the Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds

Evolution, experimental design, sexual dimorphism, sexual selection, Natural Selection, Widowbirds, bird, intrasexual selection, intersexual selection, handicap hypothesis

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05.2019

The Evolution of Human Skin Color

Katie Northcutt

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: The Evolution of Human Skin Color v1.0

My teaching notes for the Evolution of Human Skin Color case study.

Evolution, Natural Selection, Skin pigmentation, skin color, vitamin D, vitamin B folate, ultraviolet light, UV light

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05.2019