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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13 Activities

Social sciences Psychology

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Interdisciplinary Health science

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Languages

Pratique d’écriture

Languages

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Languages

Rhetorical Strategies

STEM Mathematics

Sketching the graph of a curve

STEM Physics

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

STEM Physics

Forces Scavenger Hunt

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

STEM Physics

Home Wiring

STEM Physics

Newton’s Third Law