Active Learning Activities

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

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.

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.

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

Can I Use the Internet?

Categorizing for Review

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Gender and Job Inequality

Projet Specific: Webzine

Dictation: Read and Run

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Rhetorical Strategies

National Building Code Jeopardy

Race for the Hat!

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting Review

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3