Active Learning Activities

Evolution of Sexual Reproduction: Construct a Species

Students construct a fictional animal species by selecting traits related to sexual reproduction.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

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

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Crash Course: Collision Theory

Students use PhET simulation to learn how factors affect reaction rate (collision theory) through hands-on activities

An Abundance of Bells

Peer Review

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Gender and Job Inequality

Building Effective Teams

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

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

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Museum Tour

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Does X Associate with Y?

The Ideal Classroom

Biological Molecules

Cycles of Matter

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution