Predicting π
Students explore the use of linear measurement and calculators to discover the existence of π, the constant ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/predicting-π
Proportional Flag
Students will use the concepts of similarity to create a scale drawing of the national flag, that is large enough to cover most of a football field.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proportional-flag
Pizza Extravaganza
Students will conduct a survey of the class to determine favorite pizza toppings. They use this sample information to predict the preferred toppings for the school and use the TI-15 to help them with the calculations to plan a school-wide pizza party.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pizza-extravaganza
Exploring Areas of Irregular Polygons
Explore different ways to find areas of irregular polygons using the three basic shapes of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-areas-of-irregular-polygons
Photosynthesis Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Biology: Photosynthesis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/photosynthesis-assessment
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
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Paths of Rectangles
This exploration for preservice teachers, looks at how the lengths of the sides of rectangles with equal areas are related. The rectangles are constructed so that one vertex is at the origin. The path of the opposite vertex is an example of indirect variation and demonstrates a connection between...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/paths-of-rectangles
Properties of Trapezoids and Kites
Students investigate the properties of trapezoids, isosceles trapezoids, and kites by measuring sides and angles in the figures and by constructing and measuring the diagonals of the figures. By dragging vertices of each figure, they can make and test conjectures by seeing which properties hold t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-trapezoids-and-kites
Alternate Interior Angles
Explore the relationships of the angles formed when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/alternate-interior-angles
Pi and Precision
Students will collect the measurements of circumference and diameter for four objects in their group. (Cup, Can, Mint Candy, and a Coin) They will then investigate the accuracy of their data colletion using a numerical table and a scatter plot. Students must observe how closely their measurements...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pi-and-precision
Properties of Logarithms
Logarithms are just another way of writing exponents. Just like exponents, logarithms have properties that allow you to simplify expressions and solve equations. In this activity, students Will discover some of these properties by graphing and confirm them with algebra.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-logarithms
Probability Distributions
Students will describe how the distribution of a random sample of outcomes provides information about the actual distribution of outcomes in a discrete sample space.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/probability-distributions_1
Position and Piecewise Velocity
This lesson involves creating and comparing graphical representations of velocity and position based on real-life scenarios.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/position-and-piecewise-velocity
NASA - Physiology of the Circulatory System
In this lesson, students explore the circulatory system, blood pressure, and heart rate under various conditions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--physiology-of-the-circulatory-system
Pyramid Height Exploration
This activity center is used to illustrate the difference between the slant height and the actual perpendicular height (of the given square pyramid) by the use of the distance formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pyramid-height-exploration
Properties of Parrallelograms
Properties of Parrallelogramshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parrallelograms
Pumpkin Graph - An Activity for Plotting Points
Students are given 3 - 4 points to plot in activity center. Students practice plotting points an can review the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pumpkin-graph--an-activity-for-plotting-points
Perpendicular Bisector Theorem
This activity uses distance measures to investigate the relationship between a point in the plane and the distance to the endpoints of a segment. Students will investigate the implication these relationships have for the position of the point in the plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perpendicular-bisector-theorem
Polynomial Multiplication
This StudyCards™ set shows that the product of linear functions (polynomial) is usually quadratic. Students discover the exact product and more traditional methods for multiplying polynomials. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 3.3.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-multiplication
Power Patterns
Students investigate patterns that show relationships between powers and roots. They learn to identify strategies to be used to find important patterns in data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/power-patterns
Polynomial Rollercoaster
This lesson involves finding a cubic regression equation to model a section of roller coaster track.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-rollercoaster
Solution 34616: Inverse Cosine of the Tangent of -5π/4 on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
...lus and TI-84 Plus family of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Why is the inverse cosine of tan(-5pi/4) returning a Domain Error message on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators? This is a classic problem with floating p...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/34616
Percentiles & Z-Scores
Students explore percentiles and z-scores of normal distributions by graphing and calculating.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/percentiles--zscores_1
Perms and Combs?
Review of the vocabulary and concepts of factorials, combinations, and permutations. Students use built-in commands to evaluate the expressions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perms-and-combs_1