Active Learning Activities

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Model Building

Students learn to build a conceptual model describing a situation involving an accelerating charged particle.

Vénus d’Ille: Police Enquiry

This activity has students challenge the literal meaning of a text (ie. the supernatural explanation for a murder).

Building Effective Teams

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

In this activity, students learn to define sustainability and apply this to a single Montreal neighbourhood. 

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

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

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Stereochemistry Activity

Interior Design – Library Design

Reflective Writing On Waves

What is Torque?

Limestone Rescue

Chemicards

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

Elemental Superhero

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Projectile Tracker

Students use the Tracker software to analyze projectile motion to determine which equations fit the plots produced.

Energy Tracker

Students learn to analyze data using spreadsheet programs and gain a deeper understanding of conservation of energy.

Problem Sorting Review