Active Learning Activities

Two-stage Testing for Second-year Math Students

Students are given four 2-stage tests throughout a semester; 1st stage written individually, 2nd students work in groups.

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

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

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

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

Can I Use the Internet?

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Rhetorical Strategies

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

National Building Code Jeopardy

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Dark Lords IF-AT

Muscle Snowballs

Muscle Videos