Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

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

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

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.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Two Stage Quiz

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Action-Learning Sets

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Family Feud

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

National Building Code Jeopardy

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Dark Lords IF-AT

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law