Active Learning Activities

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.

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

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

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Two Stage Quiz

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Pratique d’écriture

Rhetorical Strategies

Putting the “You” in education: Using self-reflections for learning

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Piece of Paper Question

Reflective Writing On Waves

Dark Lords IF-AT

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Momentum Photoproject

Newton’s Third Law