Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

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

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

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

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Building Effective Teams

4 Sociological Perspectives: Working with Theoretical Frameworks

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Identity Dot Exercise

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Engineering Ethics

Piece of Paper Question

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Muscle Snowballs

Problem Sorting