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.

STEM Biology

Used the Race for the Hat activity to create a Jeopardy-style session on blood & blood disorders for a pathophysiology class.

Interdisciplinary Health science

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

STEM Biology

Interdisciplinary Humanities

STEM Physics

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

STEM Biology

STEM Biology

Students take on the role of ecologists, tasked with saving the Brazil nut tree from the effects of deforestation.

STEM Chemistry

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

STEM Physics

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

STEM Physics

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