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6 Sensational TI Resources to Jump-Start Your School Year

Posted 08/11/2023 by Cara Kugler, Instructional Content Manager, TI

Summer may be coming to a close, but TI can help ease the back-to-school season with many resources to get you and your students up to speed, no matter what calculator they are using. Let’s take a look at six favorite TI resources to get your year started off right.

Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?

Posted 03/30/2023 by TI Staff

Why a graphing calculator? It’s a durable, long-lasting tool used for learning and understanding math and science better. Discover more about the long-term value students get from the one-time purchase of a TI graphing calculator.

5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management

Posted 02/24/2023 by Mark Watson

Our teacher community shares their classroom management tips and tricks. Here are the top five approaches (with a few unique styles and techniques) they shared for managing a math classroom.

Breast Cancer: When Good DNA Goes Bad

Posted 10/07/2022 by Jeff Lukens, retired biology teacher

Follow the personal cancer ordeal of Kristi Egland, Ph.D., a researcher who was diagnosed with the same type of cancer that she was researching. Read Egland’s story and learn about one woman’s journey from diagnosis to treatment to cure as your students explore the biology behind cancer in the TI STEM Behind Health activity, “Breast Cancer: When Good DNA Goes Bad.”

TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python

Posted 02/18/2022 by Erick Archer, Market Strategy Manager

Texas Instruments’ Path to STEM projects provide students stepping stones to learn fundamental concepts in electrical engineering through short hands-on activities using breadboards, wires and electronics components. Students will control the breadboard through coding. This program is designed for beginners, so no experience is necessary.

Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup

Posted 02/07/2022 by Cara Kugler, Instructional Content Manager, Texas Instruments

Check out these engaging math and science lessons that are certain to bring a win to your classroom and set the stage for the big game coming up.

Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!

Posted 10/29/2021 by Tom Reardon

Learn about a free resource from TI that offers over 250 videos to help students understand these essential graphs and their transformations.

Going Back to School With Stations

Posted 08/20/2021 by Jamie Miller (@jamiemillermath) (in partnership with @TICalculators)

Utilizing stations the first week of school sets the tone for the school year. It shows your students that your classroom will be filled with student voice, collaboration, engagement and movement.

Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class

Posted 06/25/2018 by Curtis Brown

Algebra is an essential part of every students’ math experience. However, we are often teaching abstract concepts that students struggle to grasp. Technology can help alleviate some of that pain by demonstrating those concepts in a new and intriguing way. In this post, we have pulled together five of our favorite algebra activities from the collection on the Math Nspired webpage.

Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!

Posted 03/20/2018 by Erick Archer

The expression “seeing is believing” is usually true. But in science education, many of the concepts can be quite difficult for students to observe because they can be very small, very large, very fast or very slow. So how can we provide students with an experience of science phenomena in the confined 45 to 90 minutes of a class period? One option is with simulations. Try these 5 simulation-based lessons with your students.

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6 Sensational TI Resources to Jump-Start Your School Year

Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?

5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management

Breast Cancer: When Good DNA Goes Bad

TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python

Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup

Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!

Going Back to School With Stations

Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class

Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!

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