Humanities Social sciences

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Languages and Literature

Silent Discussion

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

Languages and Literature

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.

Gray scale photo of gears
Physics STEM

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Chemistry Biology

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.

Physics STEM

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Biology STEM

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Biology STEM

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Physics STEM

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

Mathematics STEM

An Abundance of Bells

STEM Biology Social sciences

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Languages and Literature

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Engineering STEM

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Biology Health science STEM

Case Study: Anophthalmia

Biology Health science STEM

Case Study: Malignant hyperthermia

Biology Health science STEM

Case Study: Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

Biology Health science STEM

Case Study: Discovering the Structure of DNA

Biology STEM

Mouse Coat Colour

Biology STEM

Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology

Biology STEM

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Biology STEM

AR’e You Talking to Me? Mini Case Study in Cell Signalling

Biology STEM

Now you see me, now you don’t: Fluorescent tagging membranes

Biology STEM

What numbers tell us about enzyme inhibition