Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Library Scavenger Hunt: Let the Race Begin

This activity is designed to familiarise students with library search engines, library spaces and APA/MLA reference guides.

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.

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Building Effective Teams

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

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Stereochemistry Activity

Limestone Rescue

Elemental Superhero

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution