Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Two Stage Quiz

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Action-Learning Sets

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Dark Lords IF-AT

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Home Wiring

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3