Active Learning Activities

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

Crash Course: Collision Theory

Students use PhET simulation to learn how factors affect reaction rate (collision theory) through hands-on activities

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

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

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Case Study: Anophthalmia

Case Study: Malignant hyperthermia

Case Study: Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

Case Study: Discovering the Structure of DNA

Call Me By My Organelle

This Field Day of Mine

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

The Matching Game

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

The Right Tool for the Right Job

Mouse Coat Colour

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

Let There Be Light! ATP and Cellular Respiration

Brazil Nut Tree

The Genetics of PTC Sensitivity and Tongue Rolling

Cloning of the Human Insulin Gene

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

How to Read a Research Article

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System