Active Learning Activities

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

Create a clinical presentation for a COPD patient, linked to pathophysiology & differentiated from other COPD conditions

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

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Sketching the graph of a curve

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Engineering Ethics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Explosives Detective

Muscle Videos

Home Wiring

Newton’s Third Law

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3