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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Interdisciplinary Health science

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Chemistry

Crash Course: Collision Theory

Students use PhET simulation to learn how factors affect reaction rate (collision theory) through hands-on activities

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

Biology Chemistry

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Social sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

STEM Health science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Social sciences

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Social sciences

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Social sciences

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

STEM Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Social sciences

Museum Tour

STEM Chemistry

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

STEM Health science

Muscle Snowballs

STEM Health science

Muscle Videos

STEM Chemistry

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution