Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

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

Crossing Dimensions: A Math Odyssey into Cross Products

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

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

In groups, students explore Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in its application to workplace scenarios

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Pratique d’écriture

Identity Dot Exercise

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Problem Sorting

Problem Sorting Review

Newton’s Third Law

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3