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.

Social sciences Humanities

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Interdisciplinary

Students collaborate to create a historical timeline for a country they will soon be travelling to.

Mathematics

In groups, students learn about orthogonality and cross products by creating geometrical shapes.

Mathematics

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

STEM Mathematics

Interdisciplinary STEM Physics

This activity helps students improve their quality of reading annotations using platforms like Perusall.

Humanities

Interdisciplinary Humanities

General STEM Physics

Students learn to build a conceptual model describing a Mechanics-based situation and practice mathematical problem-solving.

Interdisciplinary