Flipping Out in High School Science

Rachael PhillipsGraduate Fellow-Educational Psychology Doctoral Program

Texas Tech UniversityTexas Collaborative for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching

Region 9 Advisory Council

“Stop teaching to the test, and start helping your students dream”

Shree Bose1st Google Global Science Fair Winner

Harvard UndergraduateCancer Researcher

THE Questions

1. What about kids without technology?2. How do you ensure kids watch?3. How do you grade? What about tests?4. What about textbooks?5. What about stragglers?6. How is your lab safe?

The Pioneers

• Aaron Sams and Jon Bergmann• Asked one question: – What is the best use of face-to-face time with our

students?

1950s Classroom

Today’s Classroom

The Flipped Classroom

What the Flipped Classroom is NOT:

• A synonym for online videos• Replacing teachers with videos• An online course• Students working without structure• Students staring at a computer screen• Students working in isolation

What is the Flipped Classroom?

Flipped learning occurs when we move direct instruction from the group learning space into

the individual learning space. Ramsay Musallam

What the Flipped Classroom IS:

• A means to increase interaction and personalized contact time between students and teachers

• An environment where students take responsibility for their own learning

• A classroom where the teacher is transformed into a learning facilitator

• A blending of direct instruction with constructivist learning

• A class where students do not miss valuable instruction when they are absent

The Old Process

Direct Instruction Practice Apply Assess Remediate

The New Process

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy-Flipped

How do you know what to flip?

• Start at the bottom of the flipped Bloom’s pyramid. –Vocabulary–Basic equations/formulas– Theories– Labeled diagrams–Rules/procedures/processes

Flip Class 101

• A great place to start• Class moves together through content– Assign videos to watch as homework, work on

typical homework in class– Complete labs as a class– Everybody takes the test on the same day– Everybody moves at the same pace

Getting Started1. Clear it with administration2. Letter to parents/students3. Set up website-sophia.org, weebly.com, wikispaces.com4. Use your curriculum guide (Scope and Sequence) to plan

videos/lessons5. Record videos (1-1.5 min per grade level at most)– Doceri, Educreations, Camtasia, Snag-It, Screen Flow, Jing,

Screencast-o-matic, Screener, Screen Chomp, Replay Note, Show Me, Explain Everything

6. Publish videos7. Show students how to watch the videos and take notes8. Labs, Tests, Projects, etc…

What are the Benefits?

• Independent learners• Differentiation• No gaps• No place to hide

THE Questions…Answered

1. What about kids without technology?2. How do you ensure kids watch?3. How do you grade? What about tests?4. What about textbooks?5. What about stragglers?6. How is your lab safe?

Why Flipping Works

• Individualized learning• Personalizes impersonal topics• Requires students to take an active role in

their own education

So is this THE answer??

Be stubborn in your vision, but flexible in your plans.

-Dr. Kamil JbeilyExecutive Director

TRC

Questions?

Contact Information

• rachael.k.phillips@ttu.edu• Sophia.org– Group Code: 51bbbb

Resources

• www.cast.org/udl• www.flippedlearning.org• www.sophia.org• www.flipped-learning.com• www.flippedclassroom.org

– http://www.flippedlearning.org/cms/lib07/VA01923112/Centricity/Domain/41/LitReview_FlippedLearning.pdf