Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

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11 Activities

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Interdisciplinary

Past, Present & Future: A Belize Timeline

Students collaborate to create a historical timeline for a country they will soon be travelling to.

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Physics STEM

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.

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Mathematics

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Health science Interdisciplinary

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

Physics STEM

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Engineering STEM

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Physics STEM

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

Student writing on a piece of paper
Engineering STEM

Piece of Paper Question

Physics STEM

Reflective Writing On Waves

Physics STEM

What is Torque?

Physics STEM

Forces Scavenger Hunt