Active Learning Activities

Take it Outside: A Field Trip in Three Acts

This activity serves as a field trip template to engage students with pre, during, and post-visit observations and analysis.

Earth History Walk

A self-guided walk exploring how – and why – Earth changed over its 4.6 billion year history.

Group Work Project Contracting

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

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Exam Preparation using Case Studies

The aim of this activity is to apply course materials to real-world problems using Case Studies.

How to Write Reading Annotations

This activity helps students improve their quality of reading annotations using platforms like Perusall.

5 Senses Lab

The aim of this activity is to help students understand the rationalist concerns about the use of our experience and senses.

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

Biomimicry Pin-ups

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Organic Food vs GMOs

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

What is Torque?

In this activity, students complete a reflective writing on torque, as well as peer review each others work.

Momentum Photoproject