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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.

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  • Physics

Group Problem Solving with Show and Tell

By Rhys Adams

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

By Rhys Adams

Model Building

By Patrick Rogers

Circuits: Card Sorting With Multiple Representations (E&M)

By Patrick Rogers

Electrostatics: Card Sorting With Mutiple Representations (E&M)

By Patrick Rogers

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

By Oscar Hernández

Engineering Physics IF-AT

By Jonathon Sumner

Dark Lords IF-AT

By Michael Dugdale

Kinematics Concept Mapping

By Michael Dugdale

Mass of A Car

By Kevin Lenton

Bottle Rocket Tracker

By Kevin Lenton

Falling Object Tracker

By Kevin Lenton

Dart Gun Velocity

By Kenneth Ragan

Battleship Clicker Questions

By Kenneth Ragan

Reflective Writing On Waves

By Chris Whittaker

What is Torque?

By Phoebe Jackson

Forces Scavenger Hunt

By Phoebe Jackson

Lenz's Law

By Phoebe Jackson

Momentum Photoproject

By Rhys Adams

Home Wiring

By Greg Mulcair

Interacting Objects

By Chris Whittaker

Motion Diagrams

By Chris Whittaker

Area Under the Curve

By Chris Whittaker

Projectile Tracker

By Sameer Bhatnagar

Energy Tracker

By Sameer Bhatnagar

Problem Sorting

By Sameer Bhatnagar

Problem Sorting Review

By Sameer Bhatnagar

Newton's Third Law

By Jean-François Brière

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3

By Michael Dugdale

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