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.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

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

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

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

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Peer Review

Two Stage Quiz

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Projet Specific: Webzine

Building Effective Teams

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Dictation: Read and Run

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Systems Ball Toss

Biological Molecules

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Home Wiring

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3