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

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STEM Biology

Biologist Says: Mini-Game for Recalling Biology Terms

A familiar and easy to implement game to help students with recall of biological terms.

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STEM Biology

BioQuest: Mini-Game for Categorizing Biology Terms

A fun consolidating activity at the end of a topic or unit to help students categorize and consolidate biological terms.

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Languages and Literature

Peer Review for Beginners

This peer-review activity for English 101 aims to help students improve their essays, but also to develop evaluation skills.

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STEM Biology

Electron Odyssey: Journey through the Mitochondria’s Electron Transport Chain

Students play the roles of protein complexes to see how electrons, protons, and energy moves through the ETC to produce ATP.

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Applied arts

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

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

Languages and Literature

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

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STEM Physics

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

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

STEM Physics

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

STEM Physics

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

Biology Social sciences STEM

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Physics Interdisciplinary STEM

How to Write Reading Annotations

STEM Physics

Two Stage Quiz

This activity gives the students the opportunity to talk about the concepts seen in class and to discuss with their peers.

Languages and Literature Interdisciplinary

Who are We? Class Demographics

In this single-class activity, students answer questions about themselves, which is included in a anonymous class profile.

Languages and Literature

Projet Specific: Webzine

Chemistry Engineering STEM Biology

Building Effective Teams

Languages and Literature

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages and Literature

Homophones Talent Show

Languages and Literature

Activité sur les Homophones

Languages and Literature

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

STEM Biology

Cytoskeletal Proteins in Amoeba

STEM Biology

A Case for Cystic Fibrosis (CF): A Québec Perspective

Languages and Literature

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Applied arts

Biomimicry Pin-ups

STEM Biology

Organic Food vs GMOs