Active Learning Activities

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Two Stage Quiz

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Rhetorical Strategies

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

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

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Piece of Paper Question

Dark Lords IF-AT

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review