Active Learning Activities

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.

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

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

Action-Learning Sets

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

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting Review

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3