Active Learning Activities

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Role Reveal 201: Exploring Interdisciplinary Collaboration

In teams, students from each discipline complete a patient interview then contrast their approaches.

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Mine Ventilation Design

In this semester-long activity, students design and analyze mine ventilation systems as well as problem-solving skills.

Biomimicry Pin-ups

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Force Identification

Working in groups, students learn to create free body diagrams from more complex images.

What is Torque?

Lenz’s Law

Momentum Photoproject