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.

Filters

Filters

20 Activities

Young university students studying with computer in cafe. Group of people in campus library. College teenager using laptop at table. Group study for school assignment.
Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Social sciences Psychology

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.

Social sciences Psychology

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

In groups, students explore Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in its application to workplace scenarios

STEM Biology

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Social sciences Humanities

Can I Use the Internet?

Social sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Social sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Social sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

STEM Biology

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
STEM Biology

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Social sciences

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Social sciences

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Social sciences Humanities

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Social sciences

Family Feud

Social sciences

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

STEM Biology

Organic Food vs GMOs

Applied arts

National Building Code Jeopardy

General

Race for the Hat!

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System