In the role of a physician assistant, students help a young man, named Anthony, who has Type II diabetes and high blood pressure. Students must make a diagnosis and then must apply the principles of filtration and homeostasis to help Anthony.
Student progress is automatically saved so that STEM Cases can be completed over multiple sessions.
Level | Description | Estimated Time |
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High School | This version is for general biology classes. | 30-40 min |
AP | This version is for AP level classes. | 35-45 min |
Most content from the Expanded Handbook is included in the corresponding STEM Case.
Level | Description | Estimated Time |
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High School | The Expanded Handbook covers a deeper explanation of feedback loops, in addition to the concepts covered in the handbook section of the High School Case. | 10-15 min |
AP | This Handbook is identical to the handbook section in the AP Case. | 10-15 min |
A note-taking tool that allows for further analysis of the STEM case. Note that the AP version was chose... (more)n because of its overlap with the SBI4U Ontario curriculum.
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STEM Case, AP Level
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