Active Learning Activities

Hemoglobin Hustle: An Adaptation of Race for the Hat

Used the Race for the Hat activity to create a Jeopardy-style session on blood & blood disorders for a pathophysiology class.

Taskmaster: Diction Icebreakers

These gamified activities will help sensitize students to the nuances of diction and allow them to work together.

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

How to Write Reading Annotations

This activity helps students improve their quality of reading annotations using platforms like Perusall.

Collection d’articles

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Disappearing Sea Otters

Students take the role of an ecologist and try to analyze species behaviours and predict population change.

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Short Stories and Social Realism: Building an Essay Toolkit

In this multiple-class activity, students build a toolkit of essay-writing skills through analyzing a short story text.

Experimental Design in Neurobiology