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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Mathematics

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

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

Chemistry Biology

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Biology STEM

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

Biology STEM

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Mathematics STEM

An Abundance of Bells

Biochemistry STEM

Blended Learning

Environmental science

Instructional Survey

Biology STEM

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Environmental science

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Biology STEM

Disappearing Sea Otters

Biology STEM

Darwin’s Finches: Natural Selection

Biology STEM

How to Read a Research Article

Biology STEM

Cycles of Matter