Leveling the Math Playing Field
Mathematics education in the U.S. has long faced challenges. The recent shift to online learning has only widened the educational opportunity gap between affluent and disadvantaged students who lack computers and internet connectivity and are now falling even further behind. In this era of acc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
... to represent the results of experiments and observations. It’s a great resource 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...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... All of these lingering questions came into focus when the teachers in my school began work with Oklahoma Excel, a statewide networked improvement community dedicated to using the principles of improvement science to study that very goal. Can our students increase their mathematical reasoning ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
Did you know it’s National Chemistry Week October 17-23, 2021? 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...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...tudents will build, code and test a working speaker. The speaker is built with a plastic or foam cup , a magnet, iron nail, soda straw and breadboard components. TI can loan you this project to try with your students if you’d like. Contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com if you’d like to bor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Something's Fishy
In this activity, students examine the size, mass, and growth rates for three species of fish. They interpolate and extrapolate from best-fit models. Students compare the growth rates of endothermic and exothermic animals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/somethings-fishy
Subnivean Comfort
Students measure and compare air temperatures inside and outside a snow shelter. If students choose to sleep in the shelter overnight they use the temperature measurements to confirm what they discover experientially- that snow is a great insulator!https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/subnivean-comfort
Bats Triangular
Students use manipulatives to construct a pyramid. The manipulative pyramid then becomes the basis students use to construct a pictorial representation of a pyramid. The TI-10 is used to show symbolic representation of students actions and also aids students in viewing the developing pattern.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/bats-triangular
Manipulating Lab Data: The Diode
Introduces the Shockley diode equation, which gives the voltage-current characteristics of a diode. The equation is plotted and compared to actual diode data taken in a laboratory. The method of importing data to the TI-89 is shown, followed by instructions on how to manipulate the data to prep...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/manipulating-lab-data--the-diode
Solution 10551: Combining Cash and Points to Redeem Products through TI Technology Rewards Program.
Solution 10551: Combining Cash and Points to Redeem Products through TI Technology Rewards Program. Solution 10551: Combining Cash and Points to Redeem Products through TI Technology Rewards Program. global Solution 10551: Combining Cash and Points to Redeem Products through TI Technology...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/all-other-products/general-information/10551
Solution 15201: Troubleshooting TI-SmartView™ Not Communicating With the CBR 2™ or CBL 2™.
Solution 15201: Troubleshooting TI-SmartView™ Not Communicating With the CBR 2™ or CBL 2™. Solution 15201: Troubleshooting TI-SmartView™ Not Communicating With the CBR 2™ or CBL 2™. global Solution 15201: Troubleshooting TI-SmartView™ Not Communicating With the CBR 2™ or CBL 2™. website ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/sofware-apps/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/15201
Accelerating Student Engagement through Computer Science and Data Science
The iSTEAM team will share initiatives with districts and partners in utilizing the Design Thinking process to: 1. Explore and develop a mindset of a designer through its integration with computational thinking with mathematical literacy; 2. Design an interdisciplinary program of implementation...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/partners/ti-talks/april-event
TI Talks speaker series | Texas Instruments
In our monthly online speaker series, education professionals and TI partners will explore how our partnerships have positively impacted communities around the nation. They will cover a host of topics, including preparedness for post-secondary education, STEM career pathways, computer science e...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/partners/ti-talks
Chemical Formulas and Bonds Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Chemistry: Chemical Formulashttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/chemical-formulas-and-bonds-assessment
Chemical Bonding Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Chemistry: Chemical Bondinghttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/chemical-bonding-assessment
35 Years of T³™ Mentorship and Community | Texas Instruments
Stacy Thibodeaux paused to collect her emotions. “It’s been an honor being a part of the T³™ community,” she said, speaking to a room full of educators at the Texas Instruments 2022 T³™ Learns Summit. “It allows us to push each other and to grow and develop. And, we have a common goal: t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/35-years-t3-community-teacher-leader
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
Every teacher knows that having a classroom management plan is essential to running an effective and efficient classroom. There are just so many different strategies teachers can do — where do you start? That’s why we asked our teacher community to share their tips for managing a classroom. H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
NASA - Space Shuttle Ascent: Mass vs. Time
In this activity, students explore the ascent phase which begins at liftoff and ends when the space shuttle reaches Earth's orbit. The space shuttle must accelerate from zero to approximately 7,850 meters per second (which is approximately 17,500 miles per hour) in eight and a half minutes to re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-ascent-mass-vs--time
Applications of Critical Points
Students will examine the relationship between critical points and local extrema through real-world examples. Students will zoom in on the critical points to see if the curve becomes linear to determine if the function is differentiable at the critical point. They will then discover that the sign...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/applications-of-critical-points
Minimizing Surface Area of a Cylinder Given a Fixed Volume
Students will discover the relationship between radius and height of a cylinder so that surface area of a cylinder can be minimized while maintaining a fixed volume. This is just an introduction to a project that they will begin after this investigation. Once this is completed, they will redesig...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/minimizing-surface-area-of-a-cylinder-given-a-fixed-volume
Secants and Segments in a Circle
This activity is designed to allow students an opportunity to gain an understanding of the relationship among the segments formed by two secants drawn from a common external point to a circle. It includes an interactive geometry page, some circle problems, and a Euclidean proof.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/secants-and-segments-in-a-circle
Finding Pi
Students discover that pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter using manipulatives and the Nspire's data capture feature. This activity can be accomplished individually or in groups of 2 or 3.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/finding-pi
Factoring Special Cases
Students explore geometric proofs for two factoring rules: a2 + 2ab + b2 = (a + b)2 and x2 – a2 = (x – a)(x + a). Given a set of shapes whose combined areas represent the left-hand expression, they manipulate them to create rectangles whose areas are equal to the right-hand expression.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factoring-special-cases_1
Dice Rolling and Probability
Students will utilize the Spreadsheet and Data and Statistics applications in the TI-Nspire handheld. They will create randomly generated data and will plot it in a Dot Plot to recognize relative frequency of outcomes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dice-rolling-and-probability