Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

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24 Activities

Health science

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

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

Psychology Social sciences

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

Health science

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

Physics STEM

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Humanities Interdisciplinary

Peer Review

Applied arts STEM Health science Social sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Biology STEM

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
Biology STEM

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
Biology STEM

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

Biology STEM

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

Social sciences

Action-Learning Sets

Social sciences

Family Feud

Biology STEM

Does X Associate with Y?

General

Race for the Hat!

Environmental science

Systems Ball Toss

Engineering STEM

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Student writing on a piece of paper
Engineering STEM

Piece of Paper Question

Biology STEM

Biological Molecules

Physics STEM

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Physics STEM

Lenz’s Law

Health science STEM

Muscle Videos

Physics STEM

Home Wiring

Health science STEM

Muscle Snowballs

Physics STEM

Newton’s Third Law