Active Learning Activities

Safety First! Rank and Sort Case for Clinical Reasoning Skills

Case-based ranking & sorting activities based on pre-class quiz on exercise safety in a client with a cardiac condition.

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

This Field Day of Mine

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

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

In this activity, students learn to define sustainability and apply this to a single Montreal neighbourhood. 

Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology

The Index of Hydrogen Deficiency

In this activity, students review chemical bond concepts, determine structures & calculate Hydrogen Deficiency (IHD).

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Action-Learning Sets

Understanding Agro-Ecosystems by Observing, Writing & Discussing

In this semester-long activity, students visit a farm several times to engage in a critical analysis of that ecosystem.

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Defining a Definition

In this single-class activity, students practice problem-solving related to definitions.

Museum Tour

The Ideal Classroom

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Biological Molecules

Phylogeny

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

What is Torque?

Cycles of Matter

Chemicards

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

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution