Active Learning Activities

Put Your Theory on Trial

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

Taskmaster: Diction Icebreakers

These gamified activities will help sensitize students to the nuances of diction and allow them to work together.

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

Crossing Dimensions: A Math Odyssey into Cross Products

In groups, students learn about orthogonality and cross products by creating geometrical shapes.

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

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

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

Can I Use the Internet?

An Abundance of Bells

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

5 Senses Lab

Les Ateliers de Creation

Peer Review

Collection d’articles

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Visual Interpretation of “The Story of an Hour”

Who are We? Class Demographics

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Group Problem Solving with Show and Tell

Projet Specific: Webzine

Vénus d’Ille: Police Enquiry

Building Effective Teams

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