Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

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

Schools of Thought in Psychology

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Museum Tour

The Ideal Classroom

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Problem Sorting Review