Active Learning Activities

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out Membrane Transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Rhetorical Strategies

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light

The Ideal Classroom

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Explosives Detective

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting

Problem Sorting Review