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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In this activity students will discuss, in groups, discursive violence by responding to a specific prompt situated in different, real-world scenarios where discursive violence is taking place.

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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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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 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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This activity was created as a Title III Student Success initiative. This activity is a fun way to show how chemical and electrical impulses travel through the body.

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In this assignment designed by J.M. Grenier, Students will be able to explain what is meant by a "virtual world" and the 3D web, as well as discuss the potential for the use of these tools and their impact to existing methods of communication on the web.

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Students used an ipython notebook to teach students about Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, and Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering.

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This case study, contributed by the Cornell Center for Teaching Excellence, is intended to show that two enantiomers can have different effects on the body, and how the same drug can be used to treat different diseases or symptoms.  It is also intended to help students begin to understand the process of FDA approval for drugs.  This problem could be used in an organic chemistry class or in a class for non-science majors.

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