How to Use Our Materials

This is the guide for flipped classrooms. We also have guides for using our materials in traditional and online classrooms. Note: Flipped classrooms combine online and in-person instruction. If your school has moved completely online due to COVID-19, see our online guide.

Flipped Classroom Guide

In a traditional classroom, students receive a direct-teach lesson during class and then they practice at home. In a flipped classroom, students watch the direct-teach lesson at home (via YouTube) and then practice in class. Benefits include:

  • Students get help from their teacher and peers as they practice in class. They can also re-watch lessons at home.

  • Teachers use more class time to monitor learning, provide feedback, and lead enriching activities.

The following is a guide to using our materials in a flipped classroom. This guide uses model materials from Lesson 3.2 of the AP® Statistics curriculum:

Lesson 3.2 Video

 
 

How to use the video:

  1. Prior to class, students independently watch the Video, which covers the “Guided Notes” portion of the Handout. While watching, students can take notes in their handout and fill out the Video Reflection Questions form (teachers later check this form to make sure students watched the video).

Lesson 3.2 Student Items

Handout: pdf, docx

Video Reflection Q’s: form*

Desmos Activity: link**

*For instructions on working the google form, see our short video tutorial here.

**Our Desmos activity is not useful for most flipped classrooms (it’s more useful for live online learning).

How to use the student items:

  1. Prior to class, students fill in the “Guided Notes” portion of the Handout while watching the video.

  2. After watching the video, students complete a google form of Video Reflection Questions. Prior to class, teachers can view their responses to check that students watched the video. Responses also allow teachers to see student questions and gauge student understanding before class.

  3. In class, students will complete the “Discussion” and “Practice” portion of the handout with classmates, referencing the notes they already had from watching the video.

  4. The Desmos Activity is not useful in a flipped classroom for most lessons (Desmos is better for live online learning).

Lesson 3.2 Teacher Items

Handout Key: pdf, docx

Slide Deck: ppt

CED/Textbook Alignment: page

Data: xlsx

How to use the teacher items:

  1. The Handout Key provides model solutions, allowing teachers to guide practice and discussion in class.

  2. Teachers can use the Slide Deck, which mirrors the material from the Video, to review difficult portions of the lesson with students during class. Some slides provide visuals and prompts for the “Discussion” and “Practice” part of the Handout, for use in class. Teachers wanting to create their own guided notes videos can also use these slides while recording.

  3. AP Stats Teachers: Add extra practice problems to the handout from your school’s textbook. The CED/Textbook Alignment page matches our lessons to sections of the most widely-used AP® Stats textbooks.

  4. Use the lesson Data for further analysis or for making further activities.

Important notes

Citing Our Work: Because we are providing our lesson materials free of charge, we expect the materials to be properly cited. Please print the phrase “adapted from the Skew The Script curriculum (skewthescript.org)” on any materials you use, modify, distribute, and/or share. See our license for more information.

For AP Stats Teachers: Materials from Skew The Script are not meant to be comprehensive. Skills should be honed by repeated practice from other sources. In particular, we recommend using your school’s textbook to add extra practice problems to our handouts and to add review/assessments to our units. See our guide for matching our lessons to sections of the most widely-used AP® Statistics textbooks and the AP® Statistics CED.