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.

Two-stage Testing for Second-year Math Students

Students are given four 2-stage tests throughout a semester; 1st stage written individually, 2nd students work in groups.

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

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

Two Stage Quiz

This activity gives the students the opportunity to talk about the concepts seen in class and to discuss with their peers.

Call Me By My Organelle

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

Disappearing Sea Otters

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

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Dark Lords IF-AT

Nucleic Acids

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