Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...blog. Find something that strikes your fancy. Some projects I would use if I wanted to reinforce and practice math content; other projects engage and spark interest in computer science topics such as cryptography. Why limit computer science to only one week? You might find more than one of these ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...urce for students new to graphs or who need a little review. Screenshot from the Building and Interpreting Graphs activity. Earth and space science topics 2. Earth’s Surface: Earth’s Lithosphere — Ring of Fire This activity takes students on a journey around the Pacific Rim ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
...dents a problem: How can people living in this community with no running water design a system to irrigate plants efficiently and effectively? The newspaper article was our “hook” – the real-world problem, the reason – to compel students to find a solution. It also offered some background informa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...to the customer’s design constraints. This easy on-ramp freed kids to explore questions about plant physiology and consider how dry the soil should become (and how quickly that might happen) between watering cycles. Through explorations, students came to understand the architecture of the code (c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...vehicle. It’s fun, it’s cool, and best of all, students of all ages with no prior coding experience can get the Rover to move and follow their coding commands in just a few minutes! Let’s take a look at a few specific activities where educators are effectively using the Rover to elevate student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/using-robotics-to-teach-math
Calculated Collection | Texas Instruments
...tivities. I balance digital and hands-on options, but lean digital for faster prep. Gotta love that! I create resources that empower teachers and spark student excitement. My interactive lessons, guided notes, and self-checking reviews bring smiles to students' faces. I love to make math a sl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/calculated-collection
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...vehicle. It’s fun, it’s cool, and best of all, students of all ages with no prior coding experience can get the Rover to move and follow their coding commands in just a few minutes! Let’s take a look at a few specific activities where educators are effectively using the Rover to elevate student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
... with 360/n — why does it do this? But what about a star polygon? How can we make more or fewer points? r is the number of revolutions made to complete a star polygon. How many points on a star does the value r= int(n/2) create? What would happen if you made this value smaller? Would you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-Nspire™ CX Graphing Calculator
... content development projects including the Math in Motion series. He has always found joy in exploring the patterns and logic of mathematics. In his spare time, he enjoys kayaking and fishing with his sons and spending time with his family. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @cbmathguy. The...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstatstipsfornspire
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
... will be the same format as prior years, several features of the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator will still be useful for you. In this post, I have compiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE. 1: Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...ur of the new site with one of the educators, Becky Byer, who helped launch the site. Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology Becky Byer (@bb31415) Check out TI’s new computer science resource site that offers engaging activities and projects for CS classrooms. Take a tour today! ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
... the end of class, we hope we have engaged and motivated our students, connected their learning to their interests, hope it sticks, and may even just spark a new curiosity. Happy game day celebrations! And don’t forget to save me a seat on the couch. About the author: Cara Kugler currentl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...uniors lead Keota third graders through the program that uses Rover to draw a robot. Much to the excitement of teachers and students, The Oklahoma Welcome, a local newspaper, wrote a news story the event, giving the students some well-deserved recognition: Keota students get hands-on with new TI-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Conics & Parametrics 1
This activity is a LearningCheck™ to quickly assess students' ability to identify conics from their equations in both rectangular and parametric form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/conics--parametrics-1
TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software | Texas Instruments
...Speed: 1.2 GHz (Recommended: 2 GHz or higher) RAM: 1 GB (Recommended: 2 GB or higher) Hard drive: Approximately 500 MB of available hard-disk space Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 DVD-ROM drive or active internet connection for installation Mac® system requirements Mac® OS X 1...https://education.ti.com/en/products/computer-software/ti-nspire-computer-link
On Demand T³™ Webinars
...pibus Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Pharetra Ornare Mattis Magna Commodo Learn on your schedule with recordings of T³™ webinars exploring ways to use TI technology to engage students and enhance conc...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars
Middle School Math Meets Python Game Design | Texas Instruments
...de. Haven’t taught Pythagorean theorem yet? Give your students the second premade file that already has scoring coded. Want to a play a round? For complete activity, check out the TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator pages. Did fractions make your top 5 list? Doe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/middle-school-math-python-game-design
Press Center
...ng calculator brings popular Python programming language to the classroom DALLAS – (July 26, 2021) Texas Instruments (TI), the most trusted, most recommended brand of graphing calculator, announced the next generation of the TI-84 Plus family – the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. Avai...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center
Talladega Chase
In this activity, students will investigate the two car tandem at Talladega.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/talladega-chase
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...if, while …) and relies on simple indentation to control program flow and structure. The TI developers facilitate the indentation rules with special “space symbols” that are easy to see and count. The modular nature of Python makes it a powerful and far-reaching platform for all sorts of software...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Mission Imagination
...s the country to propose solutions to challenges astronauts would face on a journey to Mars. The questions were based on the challenges International Space Station (ISS) commander Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko encountered in the first year-long mission aboard the ISS. The problems r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...r my Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator in high school helped to launch an engineering career at TI. From 2+2=4, graphing y=mx+b and solving complex integrals/derivatives, my TI graphing calculator and I have been through a lot together. (I even posed with it in my graduation photos!) Fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
... calculator. Here is the Pumpkin Pi edition of our Halloween-themed slide case that you can print from a link on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3901650. Up your Halloween game by printing a Pumpkin Pi case for your TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Create a calcula...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...n 2019, after a lot of life transitions, I discovered that I was frequently neglecting self-care. In 2020 — you are hearing it here first — I want to commit to some more realistic, more attainable goals to take better care of myself. So here we go with some much-needed reminders for me (and hopef...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...grid: each square is colored either green (if it knows a given piece of information) or red (if it does not). A red square learns this information (becomes green) if at least two of its neighbors (sharing an edge) already knows it. For example, in this situation the bottom middle square becomes g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge