Make Real World Connections to Course Material

This activity makes use of a mad lib game to reinforce logical computation steps that are crucial in formal semantics. Goal: To help students practice definitions and computation steps in a fun, interactive setting. Background: This in-class activity was...

Students learn about the importance of gestures in baroque opera through viewing and practicing them. Goals: to teach students that baroque opera involved body movement as well as music, and that physical motion and musical material were intimately linked...

Students learn about sustainable development and risk management through action learning – applying concepts to real world organizations and discussing ideas with peers. Goals: To help students cultivate the skills necessary to develop a risk management...

Students conducted physics experiments aboard a small airplane piloted by the instructor in order to better understand aerodynamics. Goals: To provide students with an understanding of the principles underlying heavier-than-air flight through hands-on...

Students learn about the effectiveness of sanctions and a pressing international conflict through a simulation of a National Security Council meeting. Goals: To enliven learning about an academic area of research: the effectiveness of unilateral and...

In this online course, students learn about direct and indirect pronouns through examining a French song, which they analyze using collaborative software. Goals: To demonstrate to students how direct and indirect pronouns are used in a real life language...

Students visited a variety of community institutions across the neighborhood and contributed pictures and observations to an online map of Dorchester. Goals: The primary goals of the activity were three-fold. First, the digital ethnographic map provided...

In this activity, students will be able to map the history of a student/campus organization, in which they are involved. In doing so, students will relate the development of their specific organization to the wider trends surrounding civic engagement and...

In this activity, students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy from multiple perspectives. Goals: Students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy. The audience for this illustration is that of a high school senior, with a...

To learn about sampling techniques in social science research, students practice tackling a real-world research problem through discussing a hypothetical case. Goals: To enable students to understand the benefits and drawbacks of various sampling...