Active Learning Activities

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.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Stereochemistry Activity

The Ideal Classroom

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Limestone Rescue

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review