Active Learning Activities

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

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.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Can I Use the Internet?

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

Two Stage Quiz

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Gender and Job Inequality

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Rhetorical Strategies

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Museum Tour

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Engineering Physics IF-AT

The Ideal Classroom

Dark Lords IF-AT

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution