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.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Protein Separation

National Building Code Jeopardy

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Piece of Paper Question

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Mass of A Car

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review