Active Learning Activities

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Past, Present & Future: A Belize Timeline

Students collaborate to create a historical timeline for a country they will soon be travelling to.

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.

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

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review

Two Stage Quiz

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

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

Interior Design – Library Design

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Dark Lords IF-AT

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review