Active Learning Activities

PharmaPuzzle Relay Race: Match the Meds and Win!

In this fast-paced relay, teams match categories of information to finish first and win the game

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

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

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

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Projet Specific: Webzine

Building Effective Teams

Dictation: Read and Run

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Rhetorical Strategies

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

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

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Interior Design – Library Design

National Building Code Jeopardy

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Piece of Paper Question

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Muscle Videos