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.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

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.

An Abundance of Bells

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Peer Review

Building Effective Teams

Identity Dot Exercise

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

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Museum Tour

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

The Ideal Classroom

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Problem Sorting Review

Momentum Photoproject

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution