Active Learning Activities

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Peer Review

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Action-Learning Sets

Sketching the graph of a curve

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Interior Design – Library Design

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Home Wiring

Newton’s Third Law