Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

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

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

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Building Effective Teams

Pratique d’écriture

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

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

National Building Code Jeopardy

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Piece of Paper Question

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Problem Sorting Review

Interacting Objects

Newton’s Third Law