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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Interdisciplinary

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.

Young university students studying with computer in cafe. Group of people in campus library. College teenager using laptop at table. Group study for school assignment.

Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Social sciences Psychology

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Social sciences Psychology

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

STEM Physics

Active Learning Activities

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Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

Sensation and Perception Lab

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting Review

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3