Active Learning Activities

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Dictation: Read and Run

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

The Ideal Classroom

National Building Code Jeopardy

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Problem Sorting Review