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

21 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 Chemistry

This Field Day of Mine

This activity takes a look at the environmental impact of mining and the quantification of environmental contaminants.

STEM Chemistry

The Index of Hydrogen Deficiency

In this activity, students review chemical bond concepts, determine structures & calculate Hydrogen Deficiency (IHD).

STEM Chemistry

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

Social sciences

Action-Learning Sets

Environmental science

Understanding Agro-Ecosystems by Observing, Writing & Discussing

In this semester-long activity, students visit a farm several times to engage in a critical analysis of that ecosystem.

Environmental science

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

Social sciences Humanities

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Social sciences

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Social sciences

Museum Tour

STEM Biology

Does X Associate with Y?

Applied arts

Interior Design – Library Design

Applied arts

The Ideal Classroom

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

STEM Engineering

Engineering Ethics Debate

STEM Engineering

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

STEM Biology

Biological Molecules

STEM Biology

Cycles of Matter

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

STEM Chemistry

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution