Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

Active Learning Activities

Filter By

Filters

Filters

12 Results

Photo by Noom Peerapong from Unsplash
Humanities Social sciences

Finding Catharsis in Film and Media

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Humanities

Low Stakes Debate

Physics STEM

Circuits: Card Sorting With Multiple Representations (E&M)

Students develop their ability to reason about physics concepts in terms of multiple representations, beyond just equations.

Physics STEM

Electrostatics: Card Sorting With Mutiple Representations (E&M)

Students associate configurations of charges with their characteristics from word, diagram & graph representations.

Applied arts Health science Social sciences

Solving World Issues: One Smartphone at a Time

The purpose of this activity is to familiarize students with the potential of online tools for problem-solving.

Chemistry STEM

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Chemistry STEM

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

Humanities Social sciences

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Applied arts

National Building Code Jeopardy

Physics STEM

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Physics STEM

Lenz’s Law

Chemistry STEM

Chemicards

Using cards in a "Chemicard' deck, students determine which ionic compounds are most likely to form.