Active Learning Activities

Taskmaster: Diction Icebreakers

These gamified activities will help sensitize students to the nuances of diction and allow them to work together.

Past, Present & Future: A Belize Timeline

Students collaborate to create a historical timeline for a country they will soon be travelling to.

Learning in Everyday Life

In this integrative assignment, students analyze their everyday activities through the lens of various learning theories.

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

In groups, students explore Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in its application to workplace scenarios

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Peer Review

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Projet Specific: Webzine

Building Effective Teams

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

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

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Piece of Paper Question

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Mass of A Car

Forces Scavenger Hunt