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.

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

The aim of the activity is the application of concepts and math to solve complex problems.

Blended Learning: Just in Time

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

This activity uses real life case study examples to give students a more in-depth look at analytics.

Building Effective Teams

The Matching Game

Students use a matching game to pair chemical compounds and their characteristics using a set of question cards.

The Right Tool for the Right Job

This activity encourages students to consider the nature of a chemistry problem and to identify the tools to solve it.

A Self Introduction to Nomenclature in Chemistry

In this activity, students are presented with the concepts of nomenclature in organic chemistry to encourage self learning.

Let There Be Light! ATP and Cellular Respiration

In this activity students explore data from a study of cellular respiration.

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

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

In this activity students take on the role of a geneticist helping an individual recently diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.

Action-Learning Sets

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Defining a Definition

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

Does X Associate with Y?

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

This activity's goal is to familiarize students with the peer review process and teach them how to accept peer criticism.