Active Learning Activities

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

In groups, students explore Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in its application to workplace scenarios

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

Model Building

Circuits: Card Sorting With Multiple Representations (E&M)

Electrostatics: Card Sorting With Mutiple Representations (E&M)

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Mine Ventilation Design

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Biomimicry Pin-ups

Interior Design – Library Design

The Ideal Classroom

National Building Code Jeopardy

Engineering Ethics

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Talk to Your Neighbour

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

What is Torque?