This is written for a freshman seminar course, "Nuclear Chemistry and Medicine," open to all majors.  It meets once per week for one hour, and is meant to facilitate the transition into college for first-year students by providing an informal educational experience. It should be adaptable to a lecture-format course, and I will try to do this for my Junior-year Inorganic Chemistry. 

"The topics will range from the basics of nuclear reactions to the social ramifications of nuclear chemistry. While nuclear chemistry has many beneficial uses, including for medicine and power, even these include an environmental price. Come learn how to use nuclear decay for biochemical research, how nuclear fission gets used to produce power, and discuss the costs/benefits of these uses." 

Broader goals of the seminar are: active student learning, meet a faculty member in an informal setting, and connect with other students as a community. 

In order to facilitate participation, I break down the daily topic into smaller parts, and make student groups responsible for that part. Each class meeting will consist of a mix of brief student presentations and discussion.  Break students into groups of 3-4 students.Assign one sub-topic to each student group; each group presents to the class for ~10 minutes.