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.

Crossing Dimensions: A Math Odyssey into Cross Products

In groups, students learn about orthogonality and cross products by creating geometrical shapes.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Crash Course: Collision Theory

Students use PhET simulation to learn how factors affect reaction rate (collision theory) through hands-on activities

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Blended Learning

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

National Building Code Jeopardy

Race for the Hat!

Engineering Ethics

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Piece of Paper Question

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Mass of A Car

Explosives Detective

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review

Newton’s Third Law