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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Social sciences Psychology

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Social sciences Psychology

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.

Biology Chemistry

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review

Social sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Health science Social sciences Applied arts STEM

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Social sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

STEM Chemistry

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Social sciences

Family Feud

Applied arts

National Building Code Jeopardy

General

Race for the Hat!

Environmental science

Systems Ball Toss

Social sciences

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

STEM Engineering

Engineering Ethics

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Physics

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

STEM Chemistry

Elemental Superhero

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

STEM Physics

Home Wiring

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting Review