Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

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

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Projet Specific: Webzine

Three-Tiered Writing

Dictation: Read and Run

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

Pratique d’écriture

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

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

The Ideal Classroom

National Building Code Jeopardy

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting Review

Newton’s Third Law