• Connecting a new piece of information to an existing piece boosts retention and understanding.
• Having an attempt at a question or an "activity" beforehand generates such a foundation for when the educator eventually provides the answer or the instructions.
• The whole process has an impact on many fronts: engagement, excitement, understanding, effectiveness of the learning process, information retention, potential of coming up with insights, potential of better application of new knowledge in solving existing and future problems.

To explain how to apply Active Learning in classrooms, we collaborated with Professor Carl Wieman, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, who researches and champions the approach. Prof. Wieman helped us proofread, fact check and write the script — he was an invaluable source of information. It was our greatest honor to be able to work with a mind as bright as his.