Active Learning Activities

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

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

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Rhetorical Strategies

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Newton’s Third Law

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3