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.

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Psychology Social sciences

Learning in Everyday Life

In this integrative assignment, students analyze their everyday activities through the lens of various learning theories.

Applied arts

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

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

Young university students studying with computer in cafe. Group of people in campus library. College teenager using laptop at table. Group study for school assignment.

Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Psychology Social sciences

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

Active Learning Activities

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Learning in Everyday Life

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Sensation and Perception Lab

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Building Effective Teams

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

From “yum” to “yuk”: a case in point… mutation

Organic Food vs GMOs

Does X Associate with Y?

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Biological Molecules

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Mass of A Car

Home Wiring

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3