Active Learning Activities

The Amazing Race: An Ethical Quest

In this activity, teams of students race to complete a series of challenges related to ethics in nursing.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

PharmaPuzzle Relay Race: Match the Meds and Win!

In this fast-paced relay, teams match categories of information to finish first and win the game

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

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review

Projet Specific: Webzine

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Dictation: Read and Run

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

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Race for the Hat!

Systems Ball Toss

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review