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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16 Activities

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

Health science

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

Health science

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

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

Physics STEM

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Humanities Social sciences

Can I Use the Internet?

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Humanities Interdisciplinary

Peer Review

Applied arts STEM Health science Social sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Languages and Literature

Rhetorical Strategies

Languages and Literature

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Health science STEM

Muscle Videos

Physics STEM

Home Wiring

Physics STEM

Interacting Objects

Health science STEM

Muscle Snowballs

Physics STEM

Problem Sorting Review