Active Learning Activities

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Model Building

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

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Reflective Reading on Islam

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

Identity Dot Exercise

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

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.