Active Learning Activities

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of 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

Crash Course: Collision Theory

Students use PhET simulation to learn how factors affect reaction rate (collision theory) through hands-on activities

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Pratique d’écriture

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

From “yum” to “yuk”: a case in point… mutation

Rhetorical Strategies

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Piece of Paper Question

Dark Lords IF-AT

Biological Molecules

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Muscle Videos

Newton’s Third Law