Active Learning Activities

Drawing to Learn: Doing Science is more Complex that You Think

Students draw a diagram of how they think scientists "do science." These are improved then compared with an expert diagram.

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

An Abundance of Bells

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Pratique d’écriture

Museum Tour

The Ideal Classroom

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Nucleic Acids

This is an application-based activity that draws upon lesson material students have seen in previous classes.

Cycles of Matter

Muscle Snowballs

Muscle Videos

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Newton’s Third Law