Active Learning Activities

Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Students play the roles of protein complexes to see how electrons, protons, and energy moves through the ETC to produce ATP.

Two-stage Testing for Second-year Math Students

Students are given four 2-stage tests throughout a semester; 1st stage written individually, 2nd students work in groups.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Two Stage Quiz

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring Reactions in Photosynthesis

Dictation: Read and Run

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Rhetorical Strategies

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Dark Lords IF-AT

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring