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.

Active Learning Activities

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Humanities Social sciences

Finding Catharsis in Film and Media

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Cell Phone and tablet with programming code
Mathematics

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

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

Gray scale photo of gears
Physics STEM

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

Interdisciplinary Languages and Literature

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

Physics STEM

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

These mini-video projects require students to engage with course concepts and make connections to the world in which we live.

Humanities Social sciences

Can I Use the Internet?

Physics STEM

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

Humanities

Low Stakes Debate

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Humanities

5 Senses Lab

Languages and Literature

Les Ateliers de Creation

Humanities Interdisciplinary

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Physics STEM

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

Physics STEM

Model Building

Physics STEM

Circuits: Card Sorting With Multiple Representations (E&M)

Physics STEM

Electrostatics: Card Sorting With Mutiple Representations (E&M)

Languages and Literature

Projet Specific: Webzine

General Languages and Literature

Vénus d’Ille: Police Enquiry

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Languages and Literature

Rédaction d’un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

Languages and Literature

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages and Literature

Homophones Talent Show

Languages and Literature

Dictation: Read and Run

Languages and Literature

Activité sur les Homophones

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture