Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

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19 Activities

Young university students studying with computer in cafe. Group of people in campus library. College teenager using laptop at table. Group study for school assignment.
Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Gray scale photo of gears
STEM Physics

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Biology Chemistry

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Languages and Literature

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages and Literature

Homophones Talent Show

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture

Languages and Literature

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Languages and Literature

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Languages and Literature

Rhetorical Strategies

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Physics

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

STEM Physics

Momentum Photoproject

STEM Physics

Home Wiring

STEM Physics

Interacting Objects

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting Review

STEM Physics

Newton’s Third Law

STEM Physics

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3