Active Learning Activities

The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Exercise in Cardiac Disease

Before class, students read an article and gather 5 elements. In class, they "pool" findings and sort into categories.

Data Mining and Sorting: Scaffolding the Exploration of Scientific Articles

The purpose of this activity is to deepen students' understanding of cardiac pathophysiology

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Can I Use the Internet?

Categorizing for Review

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Family Feud

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Race for the Hat!

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Explosives Detective

Muscle Videos