Active Learning Activities

Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Students play the roles of protein complexes to see how electrons, protons, and energy moves through the ETC to produce ATP.

The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Exercise in Cardiac Disease

Before class, students read an article and gather 5 elements. In class, they "pool" findings and sort into categories.

DIY Case Building: Reverse Cases for Lung Pathologies

Students build a client "chart" based on a set of basic pathophysiology and contextual elements

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Blended Learning: Just in Time

Instructional Survey

The aim of this activity is to provide students with an overview of survey design and execution.

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

This Field Day of Mine

This activity takes a look at the environmental impact of mining and the quantification of environmental contaminants.

Gender and Job Inequality

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Building Effective Teams

Rédaction d’un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

In this multiple-class activity, students write a “texte expressif”, applying theory & grammatical lessons learned in class.

Nucleic Acids

This is an application-based activity that draws upon lesson material students have seen in previous classes.

Mass of A Car

Students measure the mass of a car using diagrams to find equations of motion describing stages - acceleration & deceleration