Active Learning Activities

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

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

Rhetorical Strategies

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

Systems Ball Toss

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Explosives Detective

Home Wiring

Newton’s Third Law