Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Rhetorical Strategies

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

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting