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Social sciences Humanities

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Languages and Literature

Silent Discussion

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

Two people in a conversation
Social sciences Psychology

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Health science

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

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

Interdisciplinary Health science

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

STEM Physics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

STEM Biology

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

STEM Biology

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Humanities

Low Stakes Debate

Social sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

STEM Health science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Social sciences History

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture

STEM Biology

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Languages and Literature

Putting the “You” in education: Using self-reflections for learning

STEM Mathematics

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

STEM Mathematics

Sketching the graph of a curve

Languages and Literature

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Social sciences

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

STEM Chemistry

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

STEM Engineering

Engineering Ethics

Student writing on a piece of paper
STEM Engineering

Piece of Paper Question

STEM Physics

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