Active Learning Activities

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

Family Feud

Museum Tour

In this version of a gallery walk, students create mind maps, showcase them in the class, and peer-review each other's work.

The Ideal Classroom

Systems Ball Toss

National Building Code Jeopardy

Piece of Paper Question

The aim of this activity is to assess student understanding of concepts and facts related to course material.

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Lenz’s Law

In this activity, students play a game to practice the use of the right hand rule in Lenz's Law.

Forces Scavenger Hunt

For this activity students take photos or videos exemplifying seven different situations involving force.

Explosives Detective

Chemicards

Using cards in a "Chemicard' deck, students determine which ionic compounds are most likely to form.

Cycles of Matter

Students are assigned to groups and presented with a take-home reading assignment on the transformation of matter and energy.

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Newton’s Third Law