Active Learning Activities

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

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.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Museum Tour

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Momentum Photoproject

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution