Active Learning Activities

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

An Abundance of Bells

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Rhetorical Strategies

Sketching the graph of a curve

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

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

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

The Ideal Classroom

National Building Code Jeopardy

Systems Ball Toss

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law