The word sort is just 1 of 30 active-learning and critical-thinking strategies that was implemented into a community college nutrition course over an academic year (two semesters) during a mixed-design research study. The authors wanted to know if a content-heavy, text-driven science course could be effectively taught in a nontraditional manner that used active-learning and critical-thinking strategies rather than the traditional lecture style. They also wanted to determine which of the strategies were the most beneficial to student learning. Data were collected from many sources, both quantitative and qualitative, but for the purpose of this article, only data sources directly related to the word sort will be discussed.