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.

Crash Course: Collision Theory

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

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

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

An Abundance of Bells

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Exam Preparation

Gender and Job Inequality

Identity Dot Exercise

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Museum Tour

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

The Ideal Classroom

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Problem Sorting Review

Momentum Photoproject

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution