Active Learning Activities

100 Years of Work

This is a jigsaw activity where students map key developments in workplace design over 100 years.

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

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

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Can I Use the Internet?

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

Exam Preparation using Case Studies

The aim of this activity is to apply course materials to real-world problems using Case Studies.

Blended Learning: Just in Time

How to Write Reading Annotations

5 Senses Lab

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

National Building Code Jeopardy

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

The Ideal Classroom

Dark Lords IF-AT

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Momentum Photoproject

Interacting Objects

Newton’s Third Law