Active Learning Activities

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology

The Genetics of PTC Sensitivity and Tongue Rolling

Cloning of the Human Insulin Gene

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Family Feud

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Systems Ball Toss

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Biological Molecules

Phylogeny

Circus Launch Clicker Questions