Active Learning Activities

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Peer Review

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Building Effective Teams

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

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

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Rhetorical Strategies

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

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

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

The Ideal Classroom

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Limestone Rescue

Elemental Superhero

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution