1. Our Approach to Flipping the Hybrid Classroom
Jessica Mountz and Bronston Sterner
Our Approach to Flipping the Hybrid Classroom

2. About us: Jessica Mountz Bronston Sterner
Biology teacher at Lampeter-Strasburg
Teaching for 12 years (AP Biology, biology)
Hybrid for one year- accelerated biology
Bronston Sterner
Teaching for 20 years (anatomy and physiology, biology)
Hybrid for one year- general track biology

3. Why did we flip our classroom?
Time issue
Exhausting to lecture in direct (say the same thing 3 times)
Previewing material allows for increased comprehension
Students learn how to take notes
Absent students can access content missed
Students review material MULTIPLE TIMES if needed
Students can work at their own pace (with some limits)
Way to give the students informal assessment while they are taking notes and gathering information (edpuzzle)
Time issue- There is not class time to lecture AND make sure the students understand- Keystone
Preview material- completing the notes the night or day before allowed students to be involved in more higher level learning and activities
Students learn notes- take own notes- sometimes an outline- questions on edpuzzle….maybe all three
Can work at own pace- some students take longer to write or write more

4. Problems we ran into once we flipped
Students do not know how to take notes
Students can have a hard time focusing
Motivation to complete notes (homework)
Some students do not have computers to finish taking notes at home
Technology issues

5. Students do not know how to take notes: The Solution
Use edpuzzle to instruct students on how to take the notes and what notes they should have taken
Using time in direct to talk about what was important

6. Students can have a hard time focusing: The Solution
Embed questions in the video they are watching
Use privacy boards

7. Motivation to complete notes (homework): The Solution
Small grade associated with completing notes and answering the questions embedded in the video
They cannot participate in other class activities

8. Screen shot of edpuzzle results

9. Some students do not have computers to finish taking notes at home: The Solution
Allowing time in class to finish
Signing passes for students to come back during flex period

10. Technology Issues: The Solution
Teaching students how to trouble shoot (mini issues)
Big issues?? No hybrid (traditional classroom)

11. What does our flipped classroom look like?
Independent-
Students gather notes and other information about the next day’s topic
This can be in the form of a video (edpuzzle), virtual lab, article, or case study

12. What does our flipped classroom look like?
Collaborative-
Completing an activity that reviews material learned from the previous day(s)
Inquiry assignment to preview the next day’s topic

13. What does our flipped classroom look like?
Direct-
Review what the students learned in independent the previous day
White board review
Interactive concept map
Small quiz
Use a padlet to start a discussion
Practice problems
Review games

15. Favorite resources to use for the independent station
Make your own video
Virtual labs
Animations
Exploring sites
Videos that are great for edpuzzle

16. Make your own videos Explain everything Keynote Final argument
Tutorial on how to use it
Keynote
Final argument
Notability
Screencast-O-matic
Showme
Educreations

17. Summary
Flipping your classroom can improve the hybrid experience for the teacher and students
There are some problems that may occur when flipping your classroom, but there are solutions to those problems
Flipping the classroom allows content to be reviewed and reinforced more in the other hybrid stations

18. Favorite Resources for biology
The following slides are the resources we use for biology. They could also be used for other sciences as well.

19. Virtual labs McGraw Hill Virtual labs created by Glencoe
All come with instructions, a link to the virtual lab, and post lab quiz and questions.
All downloads are word documents that can be modified to fit your classroom needs
Virtual labs created by Glencoe
Some of the labs are the same as the labs from the McGraw Hill site
No worksheets, but there are journals and data tables you can use to form your own worksheets
McDougal Littell
Students must write in the journals online to move on with the lab
There are no provided worksheets (though some teachers have made some and posted them (here are those links below)
Cellular respiration
Gel electrophoresis
Estimating population size
Insects and crime scene

20. Animations Learners TV Biocoach Walk-through animations
There are no worksheets available for the animations, but some of the animations have embedded questions
Biocoach Walk-through animations
Self quiz at the end of each walk-through
Sumanasinc walk-through tutorials
High Ed McGraw Hill
Google search animations (quizzes at the end of the animations)
Animations are short
Wisc Online
Various content areas with instruction provided and followed often by a review

21. Exploring sites Utah genetics DNA learning center
Good genetic information and animations
Some virtual labs
DNA learning center
Animations
Articles
Other DNA resources

22. Videos that are great for Edpuzzle
Bozeman science
Almost any topic in biology you can think of
Crash course biology
Just google “crash course biology” and the topic you are interested in
Funny presentations, but sometimes need to be edited
Penguin Prof Channel
Many great tutorials on many topics in biology