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.

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Two Stage Quiz

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Projet Specific: Webzine

Building Effective Teams

Three-Tiered Writing

Dictation: Read and Run

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Pratique d’écriture

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Rhetorical Strategies

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

National Building Code Jeopardy

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Elemental Superhero

Explosives Detective

Home Wiring