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.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Categorizing for Review

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

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

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Museum Tour

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

The Ideal Classroom

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting Review

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3