Active Learning Activities

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 Matching Game

Students use a matching game to pair chemical compounds and their characteristics using a set of question cards.

A Self Introduction to Nomenclature in Chemistry

In this activity, students are presented with the concepts of nomenclature in organic chemistry to encourage self learning.

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Museum Tour

In this version of a gallery walk, students create mind maps, showcase them in the class, and peer-review each other's work.

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

The Ideal Classroom

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Nucleic Acids

This is an application-based activity that draws upon lesson material students have seen in previous classes.

What is Torque?

In this activity, students complete a reflective writing on torque, as well as peer review each others work.

Reflective Writing On Waves

Cycles of Matter

Students are assigned to groups and presented with a take-home reading assignment on the transformation of matter and energy.

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution