Using Our Materials: Traditional Classroom
This is the guide for traditional classrooms. We also have guides for using our materials in flipped or online classroom formats.
In a traditional classroom, the teacher gives direct in-class instruction and students practice in class and at home. This guide walks you through using our materials in a traditional classroom. We are using one of our lessons (AP Stats Lesson 3.2) as a model:
How to use the teacher items:
The Handout Key provides model solutions.
Teachers use the Slide Deck for direct in-class instruction.
Teachers can add extra practice problems to the handout from their school’s textbook. The CED/Textbook Alignment page matches our lessons to the AP® Stats CED and to many AP® Stats textbooks.
Use the lesson Data for further analysis or for making further activities.
How to use the student items
Students use the Handout to take notes in class and work on practice problems.
In a traditional classroom, you will likely not use the Video Reflection Questions. This resource is mainly used in flipped classrooms.
Rather than teach in class with the Slide Deck, you can opt to use the Desmos Activity instead. Desmos activities function like interactive slide decks, in which students can answer questions and perform calculations while the slides advance. Meanwhile, the teacher can see students’ responses in real-time. To use the Desmos activity effectively, all students will need their own laptop in class. Students should take notes in the “Guided Notes” portion of the Handout as the class advances through the activity.
Lesson 3.2 Video
How to use the video:
The Video covers the “Guided Notes” portion of the handout and can be used by absent students, by students reviewing the lesson for exams, or by teachers who would like to visualize the lesson before giving it in class.
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.