Flipped Learning for Science Instruction

by Jonathan Bergmann

Building on their best-selling book Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day, flipped education innovators Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams return with a book series that supports flipped learning in the four topic areas of science, math, English and social studies as well as the elementary classroom.
In this new book, the authors discuss how educators can successfully apply the flipped classroom model to teaching science — both in the classroom and in the lab — as well as how to employ inquiry-based and project-based learning techniques in the science classroom.

Genres: Education

86 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2014

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been intrigued by the idea of flipping my science class for a while, but wasn't really sure how to implement the idea. In the past couple years I've already moved to a class structure that is much more focused on inquiry and modeling than direct instruction, though I will admit to the occasional lecture. I wasn't sure what it would look like to flip this model of instructional design. This book had the answers I needed. There are chapters on flipping with inquiry learning, modeling, and project based learning that show a clear understanding of both why those approaches are good and how flipping would logically fit (such as support for students who don't grasp the material correctly during an inquiry lesson or who are absent during the modeling activity).

When I got the book I was a bit apprehensive at first because it is short. But, it is full of helpful strategies, ideas for incorporating flipping into different types of instructional models, and personal examples to help you see where the authors' thoughts come from. If you are entirely unfamiliar with the idea of flipping a class and the benefits and challenges to that I would recommend picking up another book in additional to this one, but I see this book as required reading for any science teacher looking to flip their class.

[Eric Marsoobian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I chose this book because I have been considering a flipped science classroom, or at least flipping more lessons moving into the next school year. The fact that two of the pioneers of flipping who wrote this book both happen to teach science made this book a 'no-brainer' for me.

Never having read any books on flipping, only online articles, the book was a nice balance of explaining the basic principles of a flipped classroom and then adding in some specific examples and practices tailored for a variety of science disciplines. While the book is certainly written for the science educator in mind, I feel that any non-science teacher would still be able to take something from the book. If I had a criticism, it would be that the book seemed too short and not filled with enough actual testimonies from educators on how and why they use strategies of flipped learning.

[Ujjvala (Vaiju) Bagal - Rahn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am building a flipped chemistry class in the technical college where I teach. This book was written for teaching in high school but was still useful in giving some perspective. But I am having a hard time with a fully flipped class, and fall back into lecture at least part of the time.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for work and our peri-/post-pandemic pedagogy. Well worth it!

[Sajjad · Rating 4 out of 5]

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