Active Learning Activities

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

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.

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Two Stage Quiz

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

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Dark Lords IF-AT

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Momentum Photoproject

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting

Problem Sorting Review