Active Learning Activities

Evolution of Sexual Reproduction: Construct a Species

Students construct a fictional animal species by selecting traits related to sexual reproduction.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

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

Call Me By My Organelle

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

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. 

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Nucleic Acids

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

Cycles of Matter

Chemicards

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

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution