Active Learning Activities

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

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

From “yum” to “yuk”: a case in point… mutation

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

Does X Associate with Y?

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

National Building Code Jeopardy

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Systems Ball Toss

Biological Molecules

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Muscle Videos

Home Wiring