Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

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.

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.

Data Mining and Sorting: Scaffolding the Exploration of Scientific Articles

The purpose of this activity is to deepen students' understanding of cardiac pathophysiology

An Abundance of Bells

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Gender and Job Inequality

Projet Specific: Webzine

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Lenz’s Law