Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

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

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

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

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out Membrane Transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Pratique d’écriture

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Putting the “You” in Education: Using Self-reflections for Learning

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Limestone Rescue

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Muscle Videos