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.

STEM Biology

Used the Race for the Hat activity to create a Jeopardy-style session on blood & blood disorders for a pathophysiology class.

STEM Physics

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

STEM Physics

These mini-video projects require students to engage with course concepts and make connections to the world in which we live.

STEM Biology

Languages and Literature

STEM Chemistry

This activity takes a look at the environmental impact of mining and the quantification of environmental contaminants.

STEM Biology

Students take the role of an ecologist and try to analyze species behaviours and predict population change.

Languages and Literature

Languages and Literature

In this multiple-class activity, students build a toolkit of essay-writing skills through analyzing a short story text.