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.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Can I Use the Internet?

An Abundance of Bells

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Pratique d’écriture

Rhetorical Strategies

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

National Building Code Jeopardy

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

The Ideal Classroom

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Cycles of Matter

Muscle Videos

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Newton’s Third Law