Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

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.

PatientGPT: Using AI to Compile Mental Health Case Studies

Student groups will generate an assigned patient profile and care plan by using AI, verify the references and present.

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.

An Abundance of Bells

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

Let There Be Light! ATP and Cellular Respiration

In this activity students explore data from a study of cellular respiration.

Museum Tour

The Ideal Classroom

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Muscle Videos

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution