I am teaching a veterinary technician class, which is quite heavy on terminology and medical science information so it is hard to leave anything important out. On the other hand, it does get overwhelming for the students to just be lectured at all the time. Thank you in advance for any assistance.

I am a new instructor for a course designed for 12 weeks that because of holidays this fall is shortened to 10 weeks. I am having trouble fitting in all the material without overwhelming the students. Also, the material I have been given for the course is generally in lecture (powerpoint) format. I would like to find other activities that could be done in class to facilitate learning, besides lecturing, but I am quite short on time and creativity and am feeling a bit overwhelmed myself. Does anyone have any suggestions?