Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

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

Safety First! Rank and Sort Case for Clinical Reasoning Skills

Case-based ranking & sorting activities based on pre-class quiz on exercise safety in a client with a cardiac condition.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

Create a clinical presentation for a COPD patient, linked to pathophysiology & differentiated from other COPD conditions

Data Mining and Sorting: Scaffolding the Exploration of Scientific Articles

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

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

Projet Specific: Webzine

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Pratique d’écriture

Putting the “You” in education: Using self-reflections for learning

Sketching the graph of a curve

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Organic Food vs GMOs

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Limestone Rescue

Explosives Detective

Muscle Videos