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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19 Activities

Interdisciplinary

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Relay runner on starting line
Health science

The Amazing Race: An Ethical Quest

In this activity, teams of students race to complete a series of challenges related to ethics in nursing.

Gray scale photo of gears
STEM Physics

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Health science

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

Create a clinical presentation for a COPD patient, linked to pathophysiology & differentiated from other COPD conditions

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

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

STEM Chemistry

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

STEM Health science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
STEM Biology

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Languages and Literature

Dictation: Read and Run

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture

General

Race for the Hat!

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Environmental science

Systems Ball Toss

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

STEM Physics

Newton’s Third Law

STEM Physics

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3