Active Learning Activities

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

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.

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

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

Crash Course: Collision Theory

Students use PhET simulation to learn how factors affect reaction rate (collision theory) through hands-on activities

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.

Group Problem Solving with Show and Tell

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

This Field Day of Mine

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Vénus d’Ille: Police Enquiry

Building Effective Teams

The Matching Game

The Right Tool for the Right Job

Biomimicry Pin-ups

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

National Building Code Jeopardy

Race for the Hat!

Elemental Superhero

Explosives Detective