Active Learning Activities

Finding Catharsis in Film and Media

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Two-stage Testing for Second-year Math Students

Students are given four 2-stage tests throughout a semester; 1st stage written individually, 2nd students work in groups.

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

These mini-video projects require students to engage with course concepts and make connections to the world in which we live.

Can I Use the Internet?

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

Exam Preparation using Case Studies

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

Low Stakes Debate

Instructional Survey

Categorizing for Review

5 Senses Lab

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

Model Building

Circuits: Card Sorting With Multiple Representations (E&M)

Electrostatics: Card Sorting With Mutiple Representations (E&M)

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

Understanding Agro-Ecosystems by Observing, Writing & Discussing

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Sketching the graph of a curve

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light