Active Learning Activities

Editing Exercise: Mock Academic Conference

Students write, present as 'experts', and edit.

Finding Catharsis in Film and Media

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Taskmaster: Diction Icebreakers

These gamified activities will help sensitize students to the nuances of diction and allow them to work together.

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

Crossing Dimensions: A Math Odyssey into Cross Products

In groups, students learn about orthogonality and cross products by creating geometrical shapes.

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

An Abundance of Bells

Exam Preparation using Case Studies

The aim of this activity is to apply course materials to real-world problems using Case Studies.

Dictation: Read and Run

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Mass of A Car

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law