Active Learning Activities

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

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.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

Sketching the graph of a curve

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light

National Building Code Jeopardy

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Explosives Detective

Momentum Photoproject

Problem Sorting

Newton’s Third Law