Active Learning Activities

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Low Stakes Debate

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

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

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Newton’s Third Law