Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Evolution of Sexual Reproduction: Construct a Species

Students construct a fictional animal species by selecting traits related to sexual reproduction.

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

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.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Building Effective Teams

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

From “Yum” to “Yuk”: A Case in Point… Mutation

Does X Associate with Y?

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Biological Molecules

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Cycles of Matter

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting Review