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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Mathematics

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Health science

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.

Elementary school science teacher in biology class
Interdisciplinary

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

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Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Biology Health science

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

STEM Physics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

STEM Biology

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

STEM Biology

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

STEM Health science Social sciences Applied arts

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Social sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Languages and Literature

Projet Specific: Webzine

STEM Health science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Languages and Literature

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages and Literature

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

STEM Engineering

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

STEM Biology

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Physics

What is Torque?

STEM Biology

Cycles of Matter

STEM Health science

Muscle Snowballs

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting Review

STEM Physics

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3