Active Learning Activities

Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Students play the roles of protein complexes to see how electrons, protons, and energy moves through the ETC to produce ATP.

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.

Crossing Dimensions: A Math Odyssey into Cross Products

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

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

An Abundance of Bells

Two Stage Quiz

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Dark Lords IF-AT

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Mass of A Car

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3