Active Learning Activities

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

Collection d’articles

Call Me By My Organelle

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

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

This Field Day of Mine

This activity takes a look at the environmental impact of mining and the quantification of environmental contaminants.

The Matching Game

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

A Case for Cystic Fibrosis (CF): A Québec Perspective

In this activity students take on the role of a geneticist helping an individual recently diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

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.