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

27 Results

Health science STEM

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.

Chemistry STEM

The Matching Game

Students use a matching game to pair chemical compounds and their characteristics using a set of question cards.

Biology STEM

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Chemistry STEM

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

Social sciences

Family Feud

Social sciences

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.

Chemistry STEM

Stereochemistry Activity

Social sciences

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Social sciences

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Biology STEM

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Applied arts

The Ideal Classroom

Environmental science

Systems Ball Toss

Applied arts

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Applied arts

National Building Code Jeopardy

Engineering STEM

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Biology STEM

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

Biology STEM

Nucleic Acids

This is an application-based activity that draws upon lesson material students have seen in previous classes.

Physics STEM

Lenz’s Law

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

Physics STEM

Forces Scavenger Hunt

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

Physics STEM

What is Torque?

In this activity, students complete a reflective writing on torque, as well as peer review each others work.

Physics STEM

Reflective Writing On Waves

Physics STEM

Interacting Objects

Chemistry STEM

Chemicards

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

Biology STEM

Cycles of Matter

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