Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Gender and Job Inequality

Projet Specific: Webzine

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

Reflective Reading on Islam

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

Identity Dot Exercise

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Action-Learning Sets

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

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Momentum Photoproject

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting