In this short warm up activity, students share current events with the class and briefly discuss the issue. The activity promotes student engagement in the classroom and encourages students to be informed on current international affairs. 

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In this class simulation of a crisis event, students role play as different actors of the US government. They have to collaborate with different actors to formulate an optimal response strategy that is made public in a press conference. 

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Students simulate the Vienna Convention of 1985 to gain a visceral experience of political negotiations.

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This activity uses a bag of differently-sized candies to get at the concept of bias in sampling.

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To foster science communication skills, students are asked to propose a plan for a documentary film about an issue in developmental biology. They have to create a film poster and pamphlet that is presented at a class showcase.... Read more about Planning a Documentary Film on Developmental Biology

Students practice and review the fundamental skills of Roman numeral analysis through a competitive question/answer game.... Read more about Roman Numeral Analysis and Class Game

Students imagine themselves to be policy advisers and write a policy memorandum on government transparency and secrecy to the imagined Transparency Reform Council.... Read more about Policy Memorandum and Government Transparency

Students conduct a mock congressional hearing on the dilemma of state secrecy and experience the challenges of policymaking.... Read more about Mock Congressional Hearing

As part of their Spanish exam, students role play a literary character and create an oral presentation on a mobile application they have designed.... Read more about From Text to Hypertext

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In Jennifer Osterhage's Introductory Biology I taught at the University of Kentucky, she taught the concepts involved in the electron transport chain using a fun, interactive activity with clickers and student volunteers.  

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This debate about whether judicial review is compatible with democracy is meant to get students thinking about what sort of ideal democracy is, and to see both its procedural and substantive components.

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The purpose of this assignment is to consolidate knowledge of the weather from class.By making observations and committing to a prediction, it should help you see how weather systems evolve over time. It will also give you a first pass at video making, which will help with the final projects. We ask that you refrain from looking up weather conditions and predictions for the  period when you are making observations and predictions. Often local observations will be more accurate than the ones found on website.

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