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.

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

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

Sketching the graph of a curve

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

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Explosives Detective

Newton’s Third Law