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.

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

In this activity, students learn to define sustainability and apply this to a single Montreal neighbourhood. 

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

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

This activity's goal is to familiarize students with the peer review process and teach them how to accept peer criticism.

Piece of Paper Question

Nucleic Acids

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

Chemicards

Using cards in a "Chemicard' deck, students determine which ionic compounds are most likely to form.

Projectile Tracker

Students use the Tracker software to analyze projectile motion to determine which equations fit the plots produced.