Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

Active Learning Activities

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Social sciences Psychology

Dragon’s Den – Brain Exploration Techniques

Students engage in a gamified activity mimicking the popular tv show the Dragon's Den.

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STEM Biology

Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Students play the roles of protein complexes to see how electrons, protons, and energy moves through the ETC to produce ATP.

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Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Gray scale photo of gears
STEM Physics

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

STEM Physics

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

Humanities

5 Senses Lab

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Social sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

Social sciences

Summative Assessment: My Diagnosis Assignment

Social sciences

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Social sciences History

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

STEM Biology

Cytoskeletal Proteins in Amoeba

STEM Biology

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

Social sciences Humanities

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

STEM Biology

Organic Food vs GMOs

STEM Biology

Does X Associate with Y?

STEM Physics

What is Torque?

STEM Physics

Lenz’s Law

STEM Biology

Nucleic Acids

STEM Physics

Momentum Photoproject