Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

Active Learning Activities

15 Results

STEM Health science

Safety First! Rank and Sort Case for Clinical Reasoning Skills

Case-based ranking & sorting activities based on pre-class quiz on exercise safety in a client with a cardiac condition.

STEM Biochemistry

Blended Learning: Just in Time

This activity benefits students by exposing them to literature in their field while preparing them for the following lecture.

Environmental science

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

In this activity, students learn to define sustainability and apply this to a single Montreal neighbourhood. 

STEM Chemistry

Stereochemistry Activity

Social sciences

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

STEM Engineering

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

This activity's goal is to familiarize students with the peer review process and teach them how to accept peer criticism.

Applied arts

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Student writing on a piece of paper
STEM Engineering

Piece of Paper Question

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

STEM Physics

Interacting Objects

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

STEM Chemistry

Chemicards

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

STEM Chemistry

Limestone Rescue

STEM Physics

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3

STEM Physics

Newton’s Third Law