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"Sarah Johnson is AMAZING!! I have never been so engaged in a training. Her energy and activities made the class fun. It's the kind of atmosphere I want to create in my classroom."
"The presenter was upbeat, energentic, engaged, and truly there to help us become better statistics teachers. She pushed and challenged us when necessary and also privided great, interative experiences that can be replicated in my own classroom." - Marin By the Bay participants |
Sarah M. JohnsonCheck out Sarah's website: https://smjohnson1.weebly.com/about-sarah.html
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Proud professional educator, Sarah M. Johnson, teaches Mathematics & Statistics at Grand Blanc High School in Grand Blanc, Michigan. She has been teaching AP Statistics for more than 15 years and currently serves as an AP Consultant for the Midwest Region of the College Board. Sarah has also worked as an AP Statistics Table Leader, AP Rubric Team Member, AP Reader, AP Multiple Choice Item Writer, a National Delegate to the Academic Assembly of the College Board, College Board Diversity Initiatives Advisory Panel Member, NCTM Proposal Reviewer, and as both a Consultant & Mentor with the National Mathematics & Science Initiative. Once upon a time, Sarah raised her hand in a department meeting and asked the question: “Why don’t we have this AP Stats class I heard about?” This is the last time she has raised her hand in a meeting to date. Since that day, she has been educating the masses about fighting our two enemies: bias & variability, and maintaining focus on the #1 job of any statistician-- translating statistics into
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will create understanding of, and instill confidence in AP Statistics in a collaborative, judgment-free virtual environment. This course will outline and emphasize the new changes for AP Statistics Course Framework for the 2026-2027 school year, as well as changes to the exam. Big ideas include exploring and visualizing one and two variable data, sampling and experimentation, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, and statistical inference via confidence intervals and significance tests. Simulation is used throughout to increase understanding. We will explore and engage the content through activities that can be implemented immediately in the classroom, whether virtual or face-to-face. During the week we will examine the four major content areas of the AP course, with discussions and explorations tailored to the experience, comfort level, interests, and needs of participants. In addition, we will discuss teaching strategies and classroom details such as student projects, homework, quizzes, AP Daily, AP Classroom, online AP Question Bank and grading. A good bit of time will be devoted to the AP exam, including its structure, how it is written, and how it is graded. We will examine the grading of the 2026 exam in depth. Learning is supported with an introduction to graphing calculators. With a blend of synchronous and asynchronous learning, this interactive institute will keep participants engaged and excited about AP Statistics.
AGENDA
Materials Needed: 1 deck of playing cards, 1 pack of plain m&m’s, 2 dice (six-sided number
cubes), 1 graphing calculator of your choice, 5 milk chocolate hershey’s kisses
Day 1: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● Random Introductions
● Exam Overview Information, New Course Framework
● Formula Sheet and Tables for AP exam, Changes to 2027 Exam
● The New(ish) Course and Exam Description CED, Original CED errata pages
● The Sexual Discrimination Problem (Deck of Cards) - DESMOS
● Equity and Access in AP Statistics
○ Skew the Script
○ Lessons that Matter, and this too
○ Barron’s AP Review Book
● Equity and Inclusion Resources (select 1-2):
○ Article about counselors and placement in AP Calculus (looks at Black vs. White,
Male vs. Female for different student types). Skew the Script lesson with a similar
study.
○ The Danger of a Single Story Chima Ngozi Adichie
○ The AP Lever for Boosting Access, Success, and Equity Rachel Roegman and
Thomas Hatch
○ New Analyses of AP Scores of 1 and 2, April 2021:
https://research.collegeboard.org/pdf/new-analyses-ap-scores-1-and-2.pdf
○ Short video on inclusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6SnXBKEfr2s
● Recruitment Ideas
● Video on AP Course Audit
● Sample Syllabi
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Explore AP Credit Policies by University, Student Handout
● More on the AP Course Audit
● Electronic Discussion Group
● CED Overview
● CED Scavenger Hunt
● 2026 Data Analysis FRQ
● Unit 1 overview
● ASA K-12 Membership (free)
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A
Day 2: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● The Dolphin Therapy Problem (Deck of Cards)
● AP Classroom Demo
● Textbooks!
● How good is a census? A FrogTale
● Does Beyonce Write her Own Lyrics? (graphing calculator) - DESMOS
● The Last Banana (2 dice) - DESMOS
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Matching Boxplots, Histograms and Summary Statistics - DESMOS
● ASA & NY Times What’s going on in this graph?
● AP Classroom: Deep Dive
● Monopoly Regression
● Instructional Planning Reports
● 2026 Experimental / Sampling Design FRQ
● Learning Goals for AP Statistics Curriculum (all)
● Unit 2 Overview
● What to do when Data is Nonlinear?
● Residual plots
● Unit 3 Overview
● Linear Regression m&m activity (plain m&m pack)
● Classroom Resources provided by The College Board
● Web resources for students
● List of AP Daily videos for AP Statistics
● Appropriate use of Hands-On Activities
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will create understanding of, and instill confidence in AP Statistics in a collaborative, judgment-free virtual environment. This course will outline and emphasize the new changes for AP Statistics Course Framework for the 2026-2027 school year, as well as changes to the exam. Big ideas include exploring and visualizing one and two variable data, sampling and experimentation, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, and statistical inference via confidence intervals and significance tests. Simulation is used throughout to increase understanding. We will explore and engage the content through activities that can be implemented immediately in the classroom, whether virtual or face-to-face. During the week we will examine the four major content areas of the AP course, with discussions and explorations tailored to the experience, comfort level, interests, and needs of participants. In addition, we will discuss teaching strategies and classroom details such as student projects, homework, quizzes, AP Daily, AP Classroom, online AP Question Bank and grading. A good bit of time will be devoted to the AP exam, including its structure, how it is written, and how it is graded. We will examine the grading of the 2026 exam in depth. Learning is supported with an introduction to graphing calculators. With a blend of synchronous and asynchronous learning, this interactive institute will keep participants engaged and excited about AP Statistics.
AGENDA
Materials Needed: 1 deck of playing cards, 1 pack of plain m&m’s, 2 dice (six-sided number
cubes), 1 graphing calculator of your choice, 5 milk chocolate hershey’s kisses
Day 1: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● Random Introductions
● Exam Overview Information, New Course Framework
● Formula Sheet and Tables for AP exam, Changes to 2027 Exam
● The New(ish) Course and Exam Description CED, Original CED errata pages
● The Sexual Discrimination Problem (Deck of Cards) - DESMOS
● Equity and Access in AP Statistics
○ Skew the Script
○ Lessons that Matter, and this too
○ Barron’s AP Review Book
● Equity and Inclusion Resources (select 1-2):
○ Article about counselors and placement in AP Calculus (looks at Black vs. White,
Male vs. Female for different student types). Skew the Script lesson with a similar
study.
○ The Danger of a Single Story Chima Ngozi Adichie
○ The AP Lever for Boosting Access, Success, and Equity Rachel Roegman and
Thomas Hatch
○ New Analyses of AP Scores of 1 and 2, April 2021:
https://research.collegeboard.org/pdf/new-analyses-ap-scores-1-and-2.pdf
○ Short video on inclusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6SnXBKEfr2s
● Recruitment Ideas
● Video on AP Course Audit
● Sample Syllabi
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Explore AP Credit Policies by University, Student Handout
● More on the AP Course Audit
● Electronic Discussion Group
● CED Overview
● CED Scavenger Hunt
● 2026 Data Analysis FRQ
● Unit 1 overview
● ASA K-12 Membership (free)
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A
Day 2: 8:30-10:30am Synchronous Learning (Daily) Including:
● The Dolphin Therapy Problem (Deck of Cards)
● AP Classroom Demo
● Textbooks!
● How good is a census? A FrogTale
● Does Beyonce Write her Own Lyrics? (graphing calculator) - DESMOS
● The Last Banana (2 dice) - DESMOS
10:30am-3pm Group Work, Lunch, and Asynchronous Learning (Daily) including:
● Matching Boxplots, Histograms and Summary Statistics - DESMOS
● ASA & NY Times What’s going on in this graph?
● AP Classroom: Deep Dive
● Monopoly Regression
● Instructional Planning Reports
● 2026 Experimental / Sampling Design FRQ
● Learning Goals for AP Statistics Curriculum (all)
● Unit 2 Overview
● What to do when Data is Nonlinear?
● Residual plots
● Unit 3 Overview
● Linear Regression m&m activity (plain m&m pack)
● Classroom Resources provided by The College Board
● Web resources for students
● List of AP Daily videos for AP Statistics
● Appropriate use of Hands-On Activities
3pm Synchronous Wrap-Up / Q&A