Active Learning Activities

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.

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.

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

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

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

Action-Learning Sets

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Momentum Photoproject

Muscle Videos

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting

Newton’s Third Law

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3