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This chapter presents a case study on John Snow’s Research Into the Cause and Spread of Cholera using the discovery engineering process. In the lesson, students explore the 1854 cholera outbreak in London and analyze the work done by Dr. John Snow...
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This chapter presents a case study on thalidomide Hidden Tragedy and Second Chances using the discovery engineering process. In the lesson, students explore the history of thalidomide, a drug with side effects that caused serious congenital deformi...
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This chapter presents a case study on Using Biological Mechanisms to Treat Diseases and Disorders using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students read a case study about scientists who discovered a way to use snake venom in the diag...
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This chapter presents a case study on The Discovery of Dangerous Drug Interactions using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students read a case study on the discovery of the adverse effect of combining grapefruit with certain medi...
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This chapter presents a case study on The Accidental Discovery of the Pacemaker using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students explore the development of the pacemaker and discover that some heart conditions are controlled with ...
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This chapter presents a case study on Treating Anaphylaxis Due to Allergies using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students explore the discovery of anaphylaxis response due to overexposure of allergens. The discovery of this phenom...
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This chapter presents a case study on Combating Chronic Alcohol Abuse using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students explore the discovery of Antabuse as a drug treatment for individuals with chronic alcoholism. Students review Ce...
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This chapter presents a case study on Understanding Environmental Impacts on Species using the discovery engineering process. The case study focuses on the pika, a mammal related to the rabbit, and how, although pika are very sensitive to heat, a g...
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Seeing the Earth Glow From Space
This chapter presents a case study on Plants That Glow using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students explore the process of fluorescence and learn how this light can be used to monitor the health of large numbers of plants. They ...
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This chapter presents a case study on Algal Biofuels using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students learn about the discovery of algae as a biofuel. They build algae skimmers to capture algae and analyze it under a microscope. Aft...
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This chapter presents a case study on Using Sensors for Monitoring and Communication using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students learn about the accidental discovery of microsensors and also read about contemporary research on ...
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This chapter presents a case study on The Discovery of Taq Polymerase using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students explore the discovery and subsequent use of Taq polymerase, an enzyme from the bacteria Thermus aquaticus. After ...
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This chapter presents a case study on The Discovery of Vaccines using a discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students read about Dr. Edward Jenner’s use of cowpox to vaccinate people against smallpox. Students review different viral dise...
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This chapter presents a case study on “Y” Should Mixed-Sex Test Subjects Be Used in Medical Research? In this lesson, students explore the importance of mixed-sex animal models in preclinical research. After reading the case study, students will...
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This chapter presents a case study on The Accidental Discovery of DNA Fingerprinting using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students read about the accidental discovery of DNA fingerprinting and explore how the process has been use...