Active Learning Activities

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.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Two Stage Quiz

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Identity Dot Exercise

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Family Feud

Systems Ball Toss

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Reflective Writing On Waves

Elemental Superhero

Explosives Detective

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting

Problem Sorting Review