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    Maria vs Malaria
    This case study focuses on a specific enzyme Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) in the malarial parasite as a target for treating malaria.
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    Maria vs Malaria - AR Adaptation
    This case study focuses on a specific enzyme Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) in the malarial parasite as a target for treating malaria. Students will be able to view selected molecular views from the...
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    Collaborative case writing and field testing with Molecular CaseNet brings together discipline specific expertise for innovative pedagogical tools in the classroom
    Molecular case studies (MCS) use an interesting story as a hook , followed by exploration of biochemistry of one or more molecules of interest.  They can be useful in teaching about macromolecule...
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    Happy Blue Baby
    This case, about a specific mutant of hemoglobin, focuses on visualizing and understanding the molecular basis of why an infant turned blue soon after birth and how the cyanosis resolved on its own...
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    CRISPR Gene Editing: Designing the gRNA and Donor Template
    In this adaptation, students learn how CRISPR/Cas9 is used in bacterial immunity and gene editing. Students create both a gRNA target and a donor template to edit a gene. Mutations can be from the...
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    Molecular Basis of Sickle Cell Disease
    This multi part case on hemoglobin structure as it relates to oxygen binding and sickle cell disease focuses on utilizing bioinformatics and molecular visualization tools to learn about the sickle...
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    BSL-4: Authorized Personnel Only
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science resource on the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This resource is also included in the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection
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    Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes: An Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study
    Our interdisciplinary pedagogical case study explores the differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology. The focus is on how coyotes’ gut microbiomes...
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    Hemoglobin bioinformatics
    This is an introduction to bioinformatics using hemoglobin as an example. The worksheets introduce students to resources to explore the DNA, RNA and polypeptide linear structure with a brief...
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    My Twin Sister Case Study
    A young boy wonders why his twin sister can roll his tongue, but he cannot. Case centers on meiosis.
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    A Curious Display
    Case study on genetically modified organisms provided in English and American Sign Language.
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    Plant Defenses and Bioprospecting Mini-case Study
    This narrative mini-case study for use in undergraduate ecology courses reviews plant defense theory within the context of bioprospecting. Students learn about factors affecting plant defenses and...
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    Climate Diagrams Mini-Case Study for Ecology
    This mini-case study provides undergraduate ecology students with experience in how to read climate diagrams and how to put them together. The activity includes a discussion of actual and potential...
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    The Polar Bear of the Salt Marsh? Warming Tolerance Limits of Local Species
    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...
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    Leaping Lemur Life History
    This interrupted case study is intended for use in lower-division biology or ecology courses to complement the SimUText (SimBio) Life History chapter. Students practice calculating life history...
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    Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure
    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.
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    How Many More Thymes? A Case of Phytochemical Defense
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this clicker case addresses several concepts related to the evolutionary ecology of herbivore defenses.
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    Case Study: Genetic Variation and Speciation in the Black Tailed Rattlesnake complex (Crotalus molossus)
    It is important for biology students to understand how genetic variation is related to the formation of species in nature. This module is intended for students to obtain first hand experience with...
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    Yeti or not: Do they exist?
    Through this 4-part bioinformatics case study, students will be led through the forensic analysis of putative Yeti artifacts based on published findings.
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    Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure
    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.
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