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.

Crossing Dimensions: A Math Odyssey into Cross Products

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

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

An Abundance of Bells

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

Sketching the graph of a curve

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Mass of A Car

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Newton’s Third Law