Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

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

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Can I Use the Internet?

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

Projet Specific: Webzine

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Rhetorical Strategies

Putting the “You” in education: Using self-reflections for learning

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Stereochemistry Activity

Limestone Rescue

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution