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.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Data Mining and Sorting: Scaffolding the Exploration of Scientific Articles

The purpose of this activity is to deepen students' understanding of cardiac pathophysiology.

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

Blended Learning: Just in Time

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Disappearing Sea Otters

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

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Piece of Paper Question

Chemicards

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

Muscle Snowballs