Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Evolution of Sexual Reproduction: Construct a Species

Students construct a fictional animal species by selecting traits related to sexual reproduction.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

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

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Building Effective Teams

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

From “yum” to “yuk”: a case in point… mutation

Interior Design – Library Design

The Ideal Classroom

Does X Associate with Y?

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Piece of Paper Question

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Biological Molecules

Cycles of Matter