Active Learning Activities

Two-stage Testing for Second-year Math Students

Students are given four 2-stage tests throughout a semester; 1st stage written individually, 2nd students work in groups.

Safety First! Rank and Sort Case for Clinical Reasoning Skills

Case-based ranking & sorting activities based on pre-class quiz on exercise safety in a client with a cardiac condition.

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Systems Ball Toss

Engineering Ethics

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Dark Lords IF-AT

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Biological Molecules

Phylogeny

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Cycles of Matter

Explosives Detective