Active Learning Activities

Crossing Dimensions: A Math Odyssey into Cross Products

In groups, students learn about orthogonality and cross products by creating geometrical shapes.

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

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

An Abundance of Bells

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Mass of A Car

Muscle Videos

Home Wiring