Active Learning Activities

Hemoglobin Hustle: An Adaptation of Race for the Hat

Used the Race for the Hat activity to create a Jeopardy-style session on blood & blood disorders for a pathophysiology class.

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.

Data Mining and Sorting: Scaffolding the Exploration of Scientific Articles

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

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

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Collection d’articles

Call Me By My Organelle

In this single-class activity, students use cards to match cells with their organelles and functions.

Solving World Issues: One Smartphone at a Time

The purpose of this activity is to familiarize students with the potential of online tools for problem-solving.

Rédaction d’un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

In this multiple-class activity, students write a “texte expressif”, applying theory & grammatical lessons learned in class.

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Disappearing Sea Otters

Students take the role of an ecologist and try to analyze species behaviours and predict population change.

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Organic Food vs GMOs

Short Stories and Social Realism: Building an Essay Toolkit

In this multiple-class activity, students build a toolkit of essay-writing skills through analyzing a short story text.

Nucleic Acids

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