Active Learning Activities

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

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

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.

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

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

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

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

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Engineering Ethics

Dark Lords IF-AT

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Muscle Snowballs

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3