Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

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

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out Membrane Transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Muscle Snowballs