Active Learning Activities

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.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Dictation: Read and Run

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Rhetorical Strategies

Organic Food vs GMOs

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring