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

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.

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Schools of Thought in Psychology

4 Sociological Perspectives: Working with Theoretical Frameworks

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

Identity Dot Exercise

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

The Ideal Classroom

Limestone Rescue

Elemental Superhero

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution