Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

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Languages and Literature

Silent Discussion

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

Cell Phone and tablet with programming code

Mathematics

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Physics STEM

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Languages and Literature

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Applied arts STEM Health science Social sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture

Languages and Literature

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Languages and Literature

Rhetorical Strategies

Mathematics STEM

Sketching the graph of a curve

Languages and Literature

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Physics STEM

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Applied arts

The Ideal Classroom

Physics STEM

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Physics STEM

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Physics STEM

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Physics STEM

Home Wiring

Physics STEM

Problem Sorting

Physics STEM

Problem Sorting Review

Physics STEM

Newton’s Third Law