Active Learning Activities

The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Exercise in Cardiac Disease

Before class, students read an article and gather 5 elements. In class, they "pool" findings and sort into categories.

Crash Course: Collision Theory

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

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

An Abundance of Bells

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

From “yum” to “yuk”: a case in point… mutation

Museum Tour

Does X Associate with Y?

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Biological Molecules

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Cycles of Matter

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution