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Where do drugs go? part of BASICS:Teaching Materials:The Wicked Problem of Water Quality in the Mississippi River Watershed:Course-Specific Exercises
Zoë Wagner, Bentley University, Natural & Applied Sciences
This classroom discussion centered around the biological/chemical mechanisms by which drugs leave the body and where the drugs go from there. We discussed renal clearance via urine, then transitioned into a ...
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Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Bio/Medical Wastes, Health Sciences, Biology:Anatomy & Physiology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry
Retinitis pigmentosa: Genetic Eye Disease part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Teaching with the Case Method:Examples
Eric Ribbens, Western Illinois University
By examining the progress of a genetic eye disease, students learn about eyes, genetic disorders, and neurons in this case designed for clickers and large lecture sections.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Assessments:Other Assessment Type
Subject: Biology:Molecular Biology, Anatomy & Physiology:Organ Systems
Investigating Local Plant Growth: Structures and Functions part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Carole DuRand
Melrose High School
Melrose, Minnesota
This activity is a classroom investigation where students gather descriptive data on two different plants with a partner, and on other plants during a classroom discussion.They will then interpret their findings, and classify the plants, if applicable, into monocots or dicots.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Biology:Anatomy & Physiology, Plant Biology