Active Learning Activities

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.

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

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

How to Write Reading Annotations

Urban Planning Project

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

How to Read a Research Article

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Mass of A Car

Bottle Rocket Tracker

Falling Object Tracker

Dart Gun Velocity

Cycles of Matter

Projectile Tracker

Energy Tracker