Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Evolution of Sexual Reproduction: Construct a Species

Students construct a fictional animal species by selecting traits related to sexual reproduction.

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

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.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

An Abundance of Bells

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Categorizing for Review

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Stereochemistry Activity

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Limestone Rescue

Cycles of Matter

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution