Active learning projects

Here are some of the active-learning activities that my students work on during the quarter. I have separated them by course. 

MATH& 146 students experiment with wing design of various paper airplanes to investigate flying distance. Below is a copy of the project that they work on.

In the math/physics learning community, students work on creating three-dimensional solids of revolution using foamcore. This helps them visualize how rotating a curves around an axis can create a solid. Below you can find the copy of this in-class assignment.

This is a great example of a hands-on activity, because it results in students being able to visualize the solids we generate. They then use their knowledge of calculus to find exact volumes and compare them to the approximate volumes that they got creating these three-dimensional objects. Lastly, they compare the errors between the theoretical values and the actual values. Below are some examples of these projects: