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Get Your Promposal Ready — Try Balloons and Buttons

Posted 04/11/2022 by John Hanna

It’s prom season, and it can be hard to keep your students from daydreaming about prom night. How about an activity that will grab their attention while you sneak in some programming skills? Check out several examples for “promposals” on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator.

Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking AP® Exams in 2022

Posted 03/25/2022 by Jessica Kohout, AP® Biology teacher

AP^® testing is getting back to normal this year by only allowing paper and pencil exams. Get tips from a science teacher on preparing your students for the big day.

3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day

Posted 03/11/2022 by Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw)

Celebrate pi day using these fun math activities your students are sure to love. It’s as easy as 3.1415….

Mission Impossible: A Perfect March Madness® Bracket

Posted 03/04/2022 by Curtis Brown (@cbmathguy)

Every year, millions of people fill out a bracket for the NCAA tournament. If you’re like me, you hear that little voice saying, “What if I became the first person ever to fill out a perfect bracket?” But, do the math, and it’s easy to see the odds are overwhelmingly against it.

Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple

Posted 02/04/2022 by Adam Pennell (@apennell1)

Valentine’s Day is a time of love, and who doesn’t love math and Python? Have your students use Python to shoot cupid’s arrow through a heart while learning about linear and quadratic functions. Math and Python using TI technology: a match made for Valentine’s Day.

In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class

Posted 10/15/2021 by Stacy Thibodeaux, Chemistry Teacher

Did you know it’s National Chemistry Week? A community-based program of the American Chemical Society (ACS), National Chemistry Week is a celebration among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts. To commemorate this special week in science, I’m sharing five of my favorite ways to incorporate TI technology into your chemistry classroom.

5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom

Posted 10/06/2021 by Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw)

Up your Halloween game with some of our favorite fall activities for your math and science classroom.

Designing Your Classroom With Purpose

Posted 08/23/2021 by Emily Kraus (@krausmath) (in partnership with @TICalculators)

As I prepare for a new year, the first thing that always pops into my mind is my classroom: the setup, the layout, the functionality, the organization … and, of course, the aesthetic. I want every square inch to serve as a resource or reference for my students.

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.

Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!

Posted 08/06/2021 by Jennifer Kass

Texas Instruments collaborated with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas to create activities for Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors that allow them to earn the Coding for Good, Coding Basics badge. By using a graphing calculator that they may already be familiar with from their math and science classes, this gives girls a friendly introduction to coding.

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BulleTIn Board Blog

Get Your Promposal Ready — Try Balloons and Buttons

Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking AP® Exams in 2022

3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day

Mission Impossible: A Perfect March Madness® Bracket

Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple

In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class

5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom

Designing Your Classroom With Purpose

Going Back to School With Stations

Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!

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