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.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

Sketching the graph of a curve

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review

Newton’s Third Law