NATIONAL CENTER FOR CASE STUDY TEACHING IN SCIENCE The Mystery of the Seven Deaths: A Case Study in Cellular Respiration by Michaela A. Gazdik Biology Department Ferrum College‚ Ferrum VA Part I – The Symptoms Imagine that you work at the medical examiner’s office for a major metropolitan city. As Chief Medical Officer‚ you investigate suspicious deaths and provide toxicology services for the county. Unfortunately‚ it’s been a busy week. In the past five days‚ seven people have died‚ all with similar
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Meiotic Mysteries By: Karen Schindler In class we went over the cycle of meiosis‚ the sexual life cycle‚ and its stages. Meiosis has four stages which are‚ prophase I‚ metaphase I‚ anaphase I‚ and telophase I. In an adult before ovulation the oocyte goes back to meiosis forming a meiotic spindle of microtubules to segregate homologous chromosomes. When it reaches fertilization‚ the egg itself undergoes a second round of division segregating sister chromatids. Which is Prophase II‚ Metaphase II
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Are you a fan of the Garage Sale Mystery film series on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries? I have been almost from the beginning‚ and of course‚ I’m that person who endeavors to make note of every character in the series‚ especially when they are a recurring character. And that is how I happened upon the actor Jay Brazeau. Little did I know that I had seen him in so many things that I have lost count (Cedar Cove‚ First Wave‚etc.)‚ but he is one character actor that has intrigued me in every role he’s been
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have to be the cave dwellers because they do the unthinkable things and it’s horrific‚ and terrifying‚ think for a minute who is the scariest monster you know and multiply that by one hundred. Imagine being lost in the desert with cave dwellers they’re cannibals so they hunt you down like wild game and then eat you. Have you ever seen the movie Hills have Eyes it’s exactly like that but cave dwellers can end up anywhere at any time and they’re always hungry. There are three reasons cave dwellers are
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Kepler’s belief was that the sun exerted a force on the planets orbiting it. In 1596‚ at the age of 25‚ he published a book called Mystery of the Cosmos. His book logically explained why the sun lies at the center of the solar system. He noticed that Mercury and Venus always seem to be close to the sun‚ unlike Mars‚ Jupiter and Saturn. This is because Mercury and Venus orbits are closer
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"No One’s A Mystery‚" by Elizabeth Tallent‚ is about Jack and the eighteen year-old girl he has been having an affair with for the past two years. They are drinking tequila and talking about their future‚ while Jack drives them in his pickup truck through the countryside of Wyoming. Jack is a cynical man who drinks heavily‚ doesn’t clean his truck‚ and has no obvious respect for women. He is currently cheating on his wife with a barely-legal girl he has been having an affair with since she was sixteen
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are exposed to advertisements. They plague televisions‚ streets‚ radio waves‚ and all means of communication. These advertisements employ many methods of persuasion and their influence is irresistible. Just like prisoners in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ we are told every day to invest our time and interest into the subject of these advertisements‚ and to accept the forms of reality they serve us. Whether it be a commercial for a must-have new car‚ to a spot featuring desirable fast food‚ or to magazines
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Annotated Bibliography Plato. Allegory of the Cave. Austin: Austin Community College‚ 20 Jan. 2011. PDF file. Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” draws on the idea that reality is what we make it to be based on what we see and what we experience. To explain this he provides an example of humans who have spent their entire life chained up in an underground cave. He then explains that their reality is the shadows shown in front of them for that is all they see‚ and what they grew up believing. Afterwards
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can prove that what we are perceiving with our senses is reality. He asserts tangibility holds us from an imperceptible realm of reason and understanding‚ and thus‚ we are prisoners to our senses. Using this logic‚ Plato creates his Allegory of the Cave‚ in which he attempts to distinguish between the realms of reality and illusion by comparing different foundations of knowledge. This allegory has often been used in modern media to allow spectators to contemplate the truth of their existence; John
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Do you find Plato’s allegory persuasive? What are the strengths and weaknesses? Give examples of the. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ from "The Republic‚" is a powerful metaphor for the path from ignorance to knowledge‚ emphasizing perception‚ education‚ and illumination. It effectively criticizes traditional knowledge by depicting superficial appearances as shadows on a cave wall‚ promoting critical thinking. The parable also highlights the moral responsibility of the enlightened to teach others‚ encouraging
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