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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STEM Biology

Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Students play the roles of protein complexes to see how electrons, protons, and energy moves through the ETC to produce ATP.

Elementary school science teacher in biology class

Interdisciplinary

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

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

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Interdisciplinary Health science

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

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Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Organic Food vs GMOs

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Home Wiring

Newton’s Third Law