Active Learning Activities

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

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.

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Rhetorical Strategies

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw