Active Learning Activities

PharmaPuzzle Relay Race: Match the Meds and Win!

In this fast-paced relay, teams match categories of information to finish first and win the game

Mock Data Collection and Role Play for Health Disciplines In-Lab Practice

Students play the role of a client in a simulated clinical intervention to provide a more authentic context for lab practice

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

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Peer Review

Case Study: Anophthalmia

Case Study: Malignant hyperthermia

Case Study: Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

Case Study: Discovering the Structure of DNA

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Building Effective Teams

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

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

Protein Separation

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Does X Associate with Y?

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Reflective Writing On Waves

Biological Molecules

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Muscle Videos

Newton’s Third Law