Active Learning Activities

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Blended Learning

Two Stage Quiz

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Dark Lords IF-AT

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Newton’s Third Law