• Using TI graphing technology to create truth statements for solving algebra I questions
• Powerful reasons for utilizing the Graph feature even when students are not prompted to graph
• The use of graphing technology with recursive functions

• Get tips for integrating TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ graphing technology to find answers to ACT® test questions
• Learn ACT® test-prep strategies that can be implemented in your classroom to solve multiple-choice problems
• Familiarize yourself with some of the question types found on the math ACT® test

The International Baccalaureate® (IB®) Diploma Programme is rolling out new math curricula starting this fall. Are you ready? The courses, “Applications and Interpretation” and “Analysis and Approaches,” have some changes that every IB® math teacher should know. The presenter will discuss changes to the new curricula as well as introduce resources from Texas Instruments (TI) for your IB® math classroom.

Join this webinar to learn about:

• How the new courses compare to IB® Math Studies, IB® Math SL and IB® Math HL
• The core topics for both new courses
• Ready-to-use resources for the IB® math classroom from TI

TI products have been developed independently from and are not endorsed by the International Baccalaureate Organization. IB is a registered trademark owned by the International Baccalaureate Organization. Policies subject to change. Visit www.ibo.org.

• Utilizing the Ask feature within a table (for multiple choice questions or checking answers)
• Introducing the Store capacity on the home screen (to work with expressions and equations, especially equations in standard form)
• Using Sequence Mode to predict the NEXT value, based on the NOW value
• Exploring Piecewise Graphing as it is used to make sense of situational questions

• Enjoy learning about the new functionality and ease-of-use improvements
• Experience how teachers and students can use Path Plot to discover and explore function, parametric and polar graphs
• Enhance your ability to implement the new features in your classroom

• Implementing TI graphing technology to assist with geometric transformations
• Utilizing TI graphing technology to order numbers and create truth statements for solving eighth grade mathematics questions
• Using the Store feature to solve problems

• Connecting mathematical representations
• Posing purposeful questions

• Create scatter plots of proportional data
• Graph functions that model the data
• Examine rates of change and the connections to the data and the functions

• Consider experiences that develop students’ abilities to collaborate, think creatively, and solve problems, while also exploring and extending mathematics topics
• Explore ready-made activities for learning mathematics with TI-Innovator™ Rover
• Analyze how computational thinking supports mathematics process standards

• Promoting reasoning and sense making
• Eliciting student thinking

• Introduce the TI-SensorLink™ Adapter for use with TI-84 Plus CE and TI-Nspire(tm) CX graphing calculators
• Expand STEM project possibilities by connecting select Vernier sensors to the TI-Innovator™ Hub
• Explore how this TI technology can strengthen student understanding of scientific concepts

• Capturing points from an animation
• Analyzing data on a Data and Statistics page
• Exploring a Lists and Spreadsheets page
• Measuring angles on a Geometry page

• Definite Integrals – Approximating (including Area and Volume)
• Fundamental Theorem of Calculus – Finding a new value of a function
• Definite Integrals – Accumulation functions
• Definite Integrals – Motion along a line and (BC) Parametric Equations

• Technology tools involving normal distribution
• Statistical inference - Confidence intervals using technology
• Statistical inference – Hypothesis testing using technology

• Explore middle grades and high school math concepts related to images, transformations, and graphs
• Store data, graphs, functions and more to optimize class time
• Leverage your classroom set of TI-84 Plus graphing calculators to enhance classroom discussions
• Increase communication and engagement with TI Connect™ CE Software and share student work

• Describe typical budget development ideas
• Highlight different types of financial documents often required for grant proposals
• Show an example of a typical budget and reasons behind including expenditures in key areas

• Show how to put data in lists and make visual representations of the data including histograms and box plots
• Discuss measure of center and measures of spread and how you can use those to analyze data
• Explore outliers and how they affect the data set

• Provide activities for the images that come pre-installed with your TI-84 Plus CE
• Demonstrate how to create, upload and store custom images
• Use mathematical modeling to analyze images
• Combine math, art and animation with images to stimulate student creativity

• Beginning the process of identifying problems or issues affecting student performance and describe why this is occurring
• Presenting data that supports the existence of the problem
• Proposing ways you feel a solution to this problem is important for your students’ needs and how this can be of interest to the funding source

• Limits – Using tables and graphs
• Derivatives – Derivative at a Point
• Derivatives – Examining the graph of the first or second derivative
• Derivatives – Motion along a line and (BC) Parametric Equations

Description:

In this webinar the presenters will work through carefully selected Paper 2 examination style questions using TI-Nspire technology. The aim of the webinar is to demonstrate accurate and efficient strategies in approaching examination questions. Topics to be covered will include algebra, functions, calculus and probability.

Description:

In this webinar the presenters will work through carefully selected examination style questions using TI-Nspire technology. The aim of the webinar is to demonstrate accurate and efficient strategies in approaching examination questions. Topics to be covered will include statistics, calculus, normal distribution and financial mathematics.

Description:

The aim of the webinar is to demonstrate some useful short-cuts, address common student misconceptions and showcase strategies for effective GDC use. TI-Nspire skills incorporating the use of the store command, variables and table functionality will be demonstrated through applicable problems requiring the solution of equations and inequalities both numerically and graphically. Specific reference will be made to trigonometric functions and applications.

Description: 
In this webinar, teachers will experience how TI-Nspire CX can be used to enhance student understanding of some important concepts covered in Topic 6: Mathematical Models and Topic 7: Introduction to Differential Calculus. In addition to showcasing learning activities relevant to these topics, tips for fluent TI-Nspire CX use will also be offered.

Duration: 1 hour

Description: 
In this webinar, teachers will experience how TI-Nspire CX can be used to enhance student understanding of some important concepts covered in Topic 4: Vectors and Topic 5: Statistics and Probability with a particular focus on probability distributions. In addition to showcasing learning activities relevant to these topics, tips for fluent TI-Nspire CX use will also be offered.

Duration: 1 hour

IB Paper 2 examination requires the use of graphing display calculators. In this webinar, the speaker will show you some useful techniques in handling examination questions using the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld.

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 7:00 pm
Australia Eastern Daylight Time (Sydney, GMT+11:00)

This webinar includes: a review of basic features, both for class activities and exam preparation; what’s new the latest operating system; which features are not available in the PTT setting; why use Geometry more in our teaching and some short introductory activities that introduce new concepts.

• Discuss increasing/decreasing, concavity and endpoints
• Share insights from the exam scoring
• Give tips on careful language

• Using TI-Nspire CX™ technology and Vernier data collection probes to investigate what materials reduce the impact of force on an object
• Analyzing data in DataQuest using different techniques: Best-fit line, modeling, area under-a -curve
• Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards Three Dimensional Learning model: Practices, Core Ideas and Cross-Cutting Concepts

• Highlight coding and STEM projects using the TI-Innovator™ Rover and TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI Launchpad™ Board
• Discuss challenges and lessons learned
• Share implementation strategies

• Share a STEM Behind Cool Careers activity
• Explore force and how it’s related to flight
• Show the connection between the math and science of flight

• Showcase the pre-built images and develop mathematical models with the Manual-Fit line as well as QuickPlot and Fit Equation tools
• Set the stage for rich learning contexts with the Transformation Graphing app
• Explore other pre-loaded apps as time permits

• Explore theoretical vs. experimental probability
• Demonstrate examples of simulations of probabilities that are difficult to compute directly
• Share activities that will engage students in creating simulations for these difficult-to-compute probabilities

• Using tables as dynamic tool to examine growth
• Exploring patterns and trigonometry
• Using the Cabri™ Jr. geometry app to explore invariants

• Describe typical budget development ideas
• Highlight different types of financial documents often required for grant proposals
• Show an example of a typical budget and reasons behind including expenditures in key areas

• To treasure hunt or not to treasure hunt, that is the question!
• What results when a cube is sectioned? A rectangular prism?

• Highlight the importance of differentiability as local linearity and zooming as a means of exploring the derivative at a point
• Tie the application of local linearity to L’Hopital’s rule (new addition to the AB calculus course description)
• Connect the local linearity idea to linear approximations, to slope fields and to Euler’s method

• Beginning the process of identifying problems or issues affecting student performance and describe why this is occurring
• Presenting data that supports the existence of the problem
• Proposing ways you feel a solution to this problem is important for your students’ needs and how this can be of interest to the funding source

• Analyzing and interpreting graphs
• Linking multiple representations using tables
• Using graph styles to explore function families and piecewise functions

• Get tips for integrating TI-84 Plus or TI-Nspire™ technology throughout your lessons to help your students understand the math concepts assessed on the ACT® Exam
• Learn about the key areas of focus on the revised ACT® Exam
• Discover strategies and activities to help make your students successful, both on the ACT® Exam and in your math classroom

• Time Value of Money (TVM solver) using both TI-84 Plus CE and TI-Nspire™ technology
• Dynamic capabilities of TI-Nspire™ technology to explore different situations when variables change
• Amortization tables using TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ technology

• Investigating graphing - functions, sequences and more
• Using multiple representations to differentiate learning
• Facilitating effective formative assessment

• An introduction to the graphing app
• Storing intersection value
• Defining functions
• Limit work with graphs

• Help students learn and explore middle grades and high school math concepts
• Leverage your classroom set of TI-84 Plus graphing calculators to enhance classroom discussions
• Explore TI-SmartView™ CE Emulator Software for TI-84 Plus graphing family and TI Connect™ CE software

• Discuss computational thinking practices and fundamental computer science topics
• Explore classroom activities for teaching and learning computer science, physical computing, and introductory robotics

• Activity 1: Without regression, use quadratic and linear functions to model data from the flight of a model rocket
• Activity 2: An introduction to coding that generates and then models the hailstone sequence

• Probability problems using technology
• Technology tools involving normal distributions
• Statistical Inference – Confidence Intervals using technology
• Statistical Inference – Hypothesis Testing using technology

• Technology Do's and Dont’s
• Tips on communicating well on the free response questions
• Time management strategies

• Creating animated characters using functions and sliders
• Using functions and coding to navigate a city (obstacle course) with the TI-Innovator™ Rover
• Using the CBR 2™ motion sensor to avoid obstacles

• Show how to create interactive two-way tables and their associated bar graphs
• Use these interactive tables and graphs to help students understand conditional probabilities
• Demonstrate technology tools that calculate probabilities involving chi-squared distributions
• Discuss related AP* questions

• Geometry pages for middle grades and high school
• Data points to fill lists and spreadsheets
• Basic programing on both TI-84 Plus CE and TI-Nspire™ handheld devices
• Additional activities to excite your students

• Show how to create and display sampling distributions of sample means
• Use activities that help students discover patterns in sampling distributions of sample means
• Demonstrate TI technology tools that calculate probabilities involving normal distributions
• Discuss related AP* questions

• All of the released 2017 free response AB and BC questions, highlighting scoring results and student difficulties
• How to use these questions as teaching tools in the classroom, including extensions to the questions that use technology to reinforce concepts
• Additional mathematical background on question topics and technology tips for using either TI-84 Plus or TI-Nspire™ technology to illustrate them in the classroom

• Describe typical budget development ideas devices
• Highlight different types of financial documents often required for grant proposals
• Show an example of a typical budget and reasons behind including expenditures in key areas

• Explore how TI technology can be used to promote productive struggle
• Discuss tasks that promote opportunities for students to engage in productive struggle
• Highlight how students can solve tasks and use multiple representations to deepen mathematics understanding

• Explore rate of change using numbers, tables, graphs and equations
• Investigate and model applications of rate of change using TI-technology
• Appropriately integrate technology to enhance student understanding of rate of change at various levels

• Develop simulations using the built-in functionality of TI handheld devices
• Develop simulations using multiple steps linked in a coherent manner
• Use activities to show how simulations relate to statistical concepts, including hypothesis tests as well as Type I and Type II errors
• Use AP® questions to drive the discussion of simulation

1. Begin the process of identifying problems or issues affecting student performance and describe reasons this is occurring;
2. Present data that supports the existence of the problem; and
3. Propose the ways you feel a solution to this problem is important for your students’ needs and how this can be of interest to the funding source.

• Relate the need for reference distributions to the logic of hypothesis tests and confidence intervals
• Explore both theoretical and simulation-based reference distributions based on AP* items
• Show how the functionality of TI technology can enhance the understanding of reference distributions

• Designing and building a smart watering system to manage a limited amount of water collected in a cistern to irrigate a garden
• Exploring frameworks for teaching concepts in science, mathematics, engineering and computer programming

• Using TI-Nspire™ technology to construct, analyze and transform interactive geometric objects
• Exploring 3-D graphing capability to create geometric models and think critically about them
• Enhancing students’ spatial reasoning skills by developing the importance of clarifying questions

• Relate key concepts of probability to corresponding concepts in statistics
• Examine probability as a long-run measurement
• Illustrate how technology can be used to determine probabilities through direct calculation and through simulations
• Investigate calculation and interpretation of expected values
• Discuss measures for random variables formed by combining other random variables
• Relate each of these concepts to the AP* testing experience

• Writing expressions in equivalent forms to build foundations for writing and solving equations
• Reasoning about the structure of expressions within linear equations and making strategic choices to solve them
• Facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse so that students develop confidence and flexibility when using expressions and equations

• Exploring geometric progressions, interpreting data and making predictions
• Understanding the function of various parts of the human brain
• Investigating and discussing factors dealing with immunity and vaccines

• Demonstrate the mathematical modeling of when a baseball is hit, including adjustments for wind
• Explore multiple scenarios both algebraically and graphically so that students can confirm answers are “in the ball park”
• Highlight using linear and quadratic equations in the solutions

• Examine the two main types of inference and the main obstacle each must overcome (bias and confounding)
• Demonstrate why random sampling and random allocation are kinds of “insurance”
• Use activities to illustrate when, how and why more complex data-collection procedures such as stratification and blocking may be beneficial
• Show good data-collection procedures using visual, technology-based activities and AP* questions

• Exploring basic programming in the context of engineering design to improve computational thinking
• Connecting learning across science, technology, engineering and mathematics using function transformations and coding
• Creating engaging STEM experiences that develop students’ abilities to collaborate, think creatively and solve problems using the TI-Innovator Rover

• Performing mathematical actions with technology and asking targeted questions to optimize students’ reasoning
• Exploring classroom-ready, dynamic activities with multiple representations that build concepts in algebra, geometry and precalculus
• Engaging your students in productive discussions that promote higher-level thinking and support mathematical practices and process standards

• Exploring the additive property of light (RGB) and the subtractive property of pigment (CMY), with a comparison of mixing colors in light or in pigment
• Examining how ratios work and comparing ratios within the context of mixing paint colors
• Applying students’ understanding of ratios to scale drawings while exploring how STEM concepts can be used in art and painting

• Develop key concepts related to choosing and interpreting univariate and bivariate graphical displays
• Relate those concepts to the AP* testing experience
• Demonstrate how technology-based activities can facilitate exploration and enhance understanding
• Guide participants in the use of TI technology tools for graphing, exploration and answering questions about variability (i.e., "What's typical?")

• Proven strategies for successfully crafting a goal-oriented proposal
• Mapping objectives and milestones, along with how they will be evaluated
• Sustaining the project after the funding ends, including the roll of professional development

• Developing students’ understanding of limits, derivatives, integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
• Encouraging students to connect concepts through multiple representations and notational fluency
• Practical instructional approaches to support mastery of calculus content and skills

Join us for a discussion on strategies for engaging students in new ways of visualizing and thinking about expressions and equations. Learn about a free lesson series focused on building conceptual understanding of these tough-to-learn, tough-to-teach topics in middle grades math.

• Tom Dick, an author of the Building Concepts lesson series, will share his perspectives on the intent of the lessons, highlight the vertical connections and corresponding professional development
• Dan Ilaria, an author of the Building Concepts professional development series, will share how he is using these lessons with his pre-service teachers
• You’ll also learn how to access Texas Instruments resources supporting middle grades mathematics teachers

• Introducing the basics of coding to build students’ critical-thinking skills and deepen their understanding of STEM concepts
• Writing programs to control the built-in LED light and speaker on the TI-Innovator™ Hub
• Exploring the principles of engineering design with TI-Innovator™ Hub projects

• Exploring mathematical relationships with dynamic measurements, calculations and linked variables to help students make connections across multiple representations
• Creating lessons with sliders and conditional statements to engage students in tough-to-teach, tough-to-learn concepts
• Using interactive math boxes to explore input/output relationships by evaluating mathematical expressions and commands

• Editing tricks to connect home screen investigations to Y= to graph
• The Transformation Graphing app as an investigation tool for family of functions
• Piecewise function entry to support connections between analytic and graphical representations
• What’s new with the TI-84 Plus CE classroom solution – using TI-SmartView™ CE Emulator Software for the TI-84 Plus graphing family and TI Connect™ CE software application to support classroom management

• Share examples of insights from today’s educational leaders
• Discuss how they have experienced an impact on learning from these ideas
• Recommend actions and resources to consider for your classroom

• Advice for open response questions
• More scoring of open response questions
• Avoiding common mistakes
• How to avoid “saying too much”
• Last minute preparation tips

• Enabling students to synthesize, build and understand unique projects of their own creation
• Providing an overview of six skill builders in the Path the STEM Projects
• Creating excitement in your classroom using the TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board

• Classroom implementation experiences from a teacher using Building Concepts lessons
• Perspective gained while presenting Building Concepts professional development materials
• How to access Texas Instruments resources supporting middle grades mathematics teachers

• Teach students how to do graphic design using simple TI Basic programming skills
• Bring out the art by programming your handhelds to interact with the TI-Innovator™ Hub to create a light show with varying colors or play a piece of music
• Entice students with engineering by programming the handhelds to control stepper motors with the TI-Innovator™ Hub

• The AP* Calculus Exam format
• Advice for multiple choice questions
• Appropriate use of your TI technology
• Scoring of open response questions

• Graphing (histograms, box plots, scatter plots)
• Summary statistics
• Linear regression
• Probability calculations (normal, binomial, etc.)
• Statistical inference

• Convergence and divergence of series
• Alternating series
• Taylor polynomials and Maclaurin series
• Power series

• Bringing mathematics to life by connecting it to sports using TI technology
• Showcasing lessons applicable to algebra I or algebra II
• Providing resources you can use immediately in your classrooms

• Show how such topics as photography, music and gardening have elements of STEM that can help students develop 21st century learning skills
• Demonstrate how to incorporate non-traditional STEM activities into your math or science classroom
• Highlight resources available to help you provide real-world relevance to math and science concepts

• Accumulation functions
• Rate in/rate out problems
• Slope fields
• Differential equations

• What mathematical modeling looks and sounds like
• The role of TI technology in mathematical modeling
• Using mathematical modeling to enhance students’ conceptual understanding through real-world application

• Area and volume
• Particle motion problems
• Average value of a function problems

• The First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
• The Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
• Area function problems
• Strategies for helping students achieve success

Is a ratio the same as a fraction? Or is there more to the mathematical story with ratios and proportional relationships? After experiencing dynamic TI-Nspire™ models from the free Building Concepts lesson series, you might be surprised at the answer. This session will focus on:

• Connecting ratios and proportional relationships through a coherent story within and across Grades 6, 7, and 8
• Leveraging TI-Nspire™ technology to enhance visualization in support of learning and developing concepts
• Implementing effective teaching practices to support developing concepts

(2015)

• Riemann sums methods and TI technology
• Calculating definite integrals
• An introduction to the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

• Decipher the code
• Plot ordered pairs and write equations of lines
• Employ dynamic geometry and an interactive program to construct the circumcenter of the triangle created by the three lines

• Optimization
• Related rate problems
• Parametric equations (BC topic only)

• Increasing relevance using real world data to study piece wise function in algebra I
• Using data collection devices (CBR 2™) to model sinusoidal function in the algebra II curriculum

• Key learning experiences that build student understanding in Expressions & Equations
• Assessing student understanding
• Exploring how TI-Nspire™ supports students in forming deep understanding

• Use data to drive instruction and engage students
• Integrate real data to teach students how to curve fit
• Incorporate graphs to answer thought-provoking questions

• Develop derivative and anti-derivative rules
• Perform the four approved AP* Calculus calculator operations in a CAS environment versus a non-CAS environment
• Use CAS to investigate connections between graphical, symbolic and numeric representations
• Discuss how AP* type questions are written with CAS in mind

• Collecting and analyzing data with sensors and TI-SmartView™ CE
• Creating labs that incorporate screenshots and graphs of the data you collect
• Using TI-SmartView™ CE as a teacher tool to create dynamic labs and worksheets

• The STEM Behind Health activity, “Breast Cancer: When Good DNA Goes Bad,” and the genetics and exponential growth associated with cancer cells
• Careers in medicine and research associated with the real world of cancer research
• An introduction to the concepts of genetic mutations and precision medicine as it pertains to cancer diagnostics and treatment

• Use limits and secant lines to develop the notion of the derivative at a point
• Investigate the relationship between a function and its derivative using graphs
• Explore the derivative as a function using graphs
• Learn how AP type questions involving the derivative might be scored

• Strategies for developing flipped lessons
• Suggestions for in-class and out-of-class activities using TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ technology
• Identifying opportunities for rich tasks in and out of the math and science classroom

• Save time and avoid mistakes
• Understand the reasonableness of an answer
• Explore answer choices

• First, tackle a graphical investigation of the success of a winning field goal and confirm the investigation algebraically. Consider the rush of the defense and the length of the kick while investigating activities appropriate for middle grades and algebra I up through and including algebra II and pre-calculus using the TI-84 CE.
• Next, compete in a virtual triathlon, using TI-Nspire™ CX technology, in an effort to understand the concepts of work, energy and power at a physical science level.

• Providing #SlowMath opportunities for all students to notice and question
• Activities for visualization and conceptual development of fractions, ratios and equations
• Exploring how TI technology can promote productive struggle

• Tackle challenges using problem-solving skills and their TI technology
• Evaluate, analyze and explain the math behind their favorite topics
• Explore a variety of careers and the math that makes them possible

• Relation Graphing – Easily graph vertical lines, conics in any form, and much more
• Automatic Sliders in Graphs – Learn to graph f(x) = m*x+b or other general form equations and observe their behavior upon change of parameters and add these interactive features to manipulate graphs with just a few easy key strokes
• Sliders in Notes – Explore analytic and numeric patterns, or with TI-Nspire™ CAS, even algebraic patterns, with an easy motion
• Easy Access to Math Actions – Contextual menu options guide investigations of math expressions and ensure correct use of math commands
• Graphing from Notes and Calculator – Graph your favorite functions directly from where you define them

• Graph-Table Mode – Analytic, numeric and graph (plots) all in one view
• Interactive Draw features – Drawing horizontal and vertical lines and much more
• Inequality Graphing App – Enhancing Y= with relation graphing
• Using the Boolean features to graph number lines and piecewise functions
• How to set calculators for exams

• Developing the basic rule of evaluating indeterminate forms
• Exploring AP* type questions and how students should answer them
• Learning how AP* type questions involving L’Hopital’s Rule might be scored

• Strategies for developing STEM habits of mind to promote college readiness and interest in STEM careers
• Identifying curricular areas with opportunities for rich STEM tasks
• Exploring how TI technology and professional development can support the successful implementation of STEM programs

• Performing simulations and collecting random data with the Probability Simulation app.
• Exploring the Polynomial Root Finder and Simultaneous Equation Solver app
• Investigating circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas with the Conic Graphing apps
• Enhancing Y= Function mode graphing with the Inequality Graphing App and Transformation Graphing App

• Connecting expressions and equations through a coherent story within and across Grades 6, 7, and 8
• Leveraging TI-Nspire™ technology to enhance visualization in support of learning
• Implementing effective teaching practices to support developing concepts

• Examining recent AP* Calculus AB free response questions through the lens of TI-84 and TI-Nspire™ technology
• Graphing and analyzing the behavior of functions using TI-84 and TI-Nspire™ technology
• Exploring ways to use TI-84 and TI-Nspire™ technology to solve problems involving derivatives and integrals

• Using interactive TI-Nspire™ activities to engage students in the math and science behind rare genetic diseases
• Encouraging students to connect what they are learning in the classroom to authentic research that’s happening now
• Inspiring students to learn more about meaningful careers in the field of health care

• Growing a leadership culture that promotes teacher learning
• Exploring how TI technology and professional development can support effective formative assessment
• Questioning strategies for gaining clearer insight into student understanding

• “Fuel for the Fire” allows students to explore rate of change in the context of fueling SLS, NASA’s Space Launch System.
• “Keep Calm and Enjoy the Ride” gives students insight into the world of cardiovascular health on the ISS.

• Using the Stat Wizards to execute common probability and statistics commands
• Entering, plotting and analyzing a list of data
• Exploring probability theory with interactive animations in the Probability Simulation app

• Using key features of the built-in Calculator, Graphs, Geometry, and Data & Statistics applications
• Making real-world connections by inserting images into TI Nspire™ documents and overlaying mathematical objects on them
• Modeling technology skills with the TI-Nspire™ CX Teacher Software to lead your class in active learning

• Editing and evaluating expressions on the home screen, the Y= screen, tables and lists
• Adjusting the viewing window to find complete graphs not displayed in the standard window
• Bringing spreadsheet power to the list editor
• Understanding unexpected results and troubleshooting common errors

• Connecting statistics and probability through a coherent story within and across Grades 6, 7, and 8
• Leveraging TI-Nspire™ technology to enhance visualization in support of learning
• Implementing effective teaching practices to support developing concepts

• Graphing and analyzing functions
• Using the QuickPlot and Fit Equation features to plot points on a background image and develop a mathematical model
• Exploring functions and inequalities with the Transformation Graphing app and Inequality Graphing app

• Creating interactive geometric shapes using the Math Draw feature
• Collecting and analyzing data using the Vernier Go Wireless® temperature sensor
• Accessing external content with the built-in QR Code® reader

• Working with expressions and equations using the MathPrint™ feature
• Graphing and analyzing functions and data
• Locating and using free activities and online professional development resources