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title: "Hands-On and Experiential Learning"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Joe Ruhl"
resource_person_role: "Biology teacher and science educator"
vertical: "pedagogy"
module: "Active Learning Strategies"
lesson: "Hands-On and Experiential Learning"
lesson_key: "hands-on-and-experiential-learning"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "TEDx Talks"
---
# Hands-On and Experiential Learning: Highlights

**Resource person:** Joe Ruhl - Biology teacher and science educator

**Curated from:** TEDx Talks

1. [00:45] Ruhl names classroom technique and relationships as the two foundations of his teaching.
2. [02:05] His five classroom capacities are choice, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity.
3. [04:12] Student activity frees the teacher to observe, question, coach and mentor small groups.
4. [06:24] Units run for two or three weeks and use a menu of activities tied to common objectives.
5. [08:11] The menu includes direct resources, experiments, simulations, reflection and creative demonstrations.
6. [10:36] Listening to student conversations gives the teacher evidence that whole-class delivery can conceal.
7. [11:44] Ruhl adds subject passion and deliberate care as essential parts of the classroom relationship.