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

60 Results

Health science

PharmaPuzzle Relay Race: Match the Meds and Win!

In this fast-paced relay, teams match categories of information to finish first and win the game

Languages Interdisciplinary

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Health science

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

STEM Physics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

STEM Physics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

STEM Physics

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

STEM Physics

Two Stage Quiz

STEM Physics

Model Building

Health science STEM Biology

Case Study: Anophthalmia

Health science STEM Biology

Case Study: Malignant hyperthermia

Health science STEM Biology

Case Study: Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

Health science STEM Biology

Case Study: Discovering the Structure of DNA

Health science STEM Biology

Call Me By My Organelle

Social sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Social sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

STEM Health science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Social sciences

4 Sociological Perspectives: Working with Theoretical Frameworks

Social sciences

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Languages

Pratique d’écriture

STEM Biology

Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology

STEM Biology

Let There Be Light! ATP and Cellular Respiration

STEM Chemistry

The Index of Hydrogen Deficiency

STEM Biology

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

STEM Biology

AR’e You Talking to Me? Mini Case Study in Cell Signalling