A BuzzFeed Personality Quiz

Abstract

This article delves into an innovative and engaging in-class activity where students harness the power of BuzzFeed-style personality quizzes to unravel the world of biomolecules. Macromolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids, are fundamental components of life, each possessing distinct properties and functions. In this pedagogical approach, students are tasked with associating character traits with macromolecules, creating multiple-choice questions for these character traits, assigning each choice to a macromolecule based on its properties/functions, and summing up results for each macromolecule. A personality quiz is then made and published on the BuzzFeed platform. Students were engaged in this activity and shared the BuzzFeed quiz with their friends and family, which led to classroom content being further discussed outside of class including on social media. Overall, the in-class activity of creating BuzzFeed personality quizzes based on macromolecules is a fun and engaging way for students to learn about the properties and functions of these essential biomolecules. It allows students to explore the material in a creative and interactive way, while also developing important skills in critical thinking and communication.