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.

Active Learning Activities

22 Results

Health science

Safety First! Rank and Sort Case for Clinical Reasoning Skills

Case-based ranking & sorting activities based on pre-class quiz on exercise safety in a client with a cardiac condition.

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

STEM Biology

Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology

STEM Chemistry

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

STEM Biology

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

STEM Biology

A Case for Cystic Fibrosis (CF): A Québec Perspective

In this activity students take on the role of a geneticist helping an individual recently diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.

Social sciences

Action-Learning Sets

Social sciences

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Social sciences

Defining a Definition

In this single-class activity, students practice problem-solving related to definitions.

STEM Chemistry

Stereochemistry Activity

STEM Biology

Does X Associate with Y?

Applied arts

Interior Design – Library Design

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Social sciences

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

STEM Engineering

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

STEM Engineering

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

STEM Biology

Biological Molecules

STEM Biology

Phylogeny

STEM Physics

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

STEM Chemistry

Limestone Rescue

STEM Physics

Interacting Objects

STEM Physics

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3