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.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Identity Dot Exercise

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Elemental Superhero

Explosives Detective

Momentum Photoproject

Home Wiring

Muscle Snowballs