Active Learning Activities

Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Students play the roles of protein complexes to see how electrons, protons, and energy moves through the ETC to produce ATP.

Navigating the Grey: Ethics in Nursing

In this card sorting activity, students create categories with words related to ethics in nursing.

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

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

Worksheets for Scaffolding Learning

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Who are We? Class Demographics

Building Effective Teams

Cytoskeletal Proteins in Amoeba

A Case for Cystic Fibrosis (CF): A Québec Perspective

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Does X Associate with Y?

Nucleic Acids