Active Learning Activities

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

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

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

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

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Case Study: Anophthalmia

Case Study: Malignant hyperthermia

Case Study: Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

Case Study: Discovering the Structure of DNA

Call Me By My Organelle

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring reactions in photosynthesis

Mouse Coat Colour

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

Let There Be Light! ATP and Cellular Respiration

Brazil Nut Tree

The genetics of PTC sensitivity and tongue rolling

Cloning of the Human Insulin Gene

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Biological Molecules

Action Potential Simulation

Phylogeny

Genetics: Patterns of Inheritance

Nucleic Acids

Cycles of Matter