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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.

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Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

By Marta Cerruti

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

By Susan Finch

Mouse Coat Colour

By Karl Laroche

Family HiStories of Migration

By Diane Shea

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

By Edward Awad

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

By Edward Awad

AR'e You Talking to Me? Mini Case Study in Cell Signalling

By Edward Awad

Now you see me, now you don't: Fluorescent tagging membranes

By Edward Awad

What numbers tell us about enzyme inhibition

By Edward Awad

PCR CAG HUNTING'ton

By Edward Awad

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

By Edward Awad

From "yum" to "yuk": a case in point… mutation

By Edward Awad

It's all hormonal: A class activity on Cushing's Syndrome

By Edward Awad

The genetics of PTC sensitivity and tongue rolling

By Edward Awad

Cloning of the Human Insulin Gene

By Edward Awad

Identity Dot Exercise

By Mark Beauchamp

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

By Oscar Hernández

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

By Philippe Caignon

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

By Daniel Goldsmith

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

By Chris Moraes

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

By Rachael Marshall

Battleship Clicker Questions

By Kenneth Ragan

Phylogeny

By Edward Awad

Biological Molecules

By Edward Awad

Problem Sorting

By Sameer Bhatnagar

Momentum Photoproject

By Rhys Adams

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