Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...hquake, volcano, lithosphere, water cycle, precipitation, evaporation, condensation, runoff, infiltration, water shed, moon phases, waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent, plant cell, animal cell, eukaryotic, organelles, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, nucleus, nucleoli, lysosome, chlo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "The Running Man" - The Eyes Have It
The FBI is investigating a robbery at the research facility of a large company. The FBI believes that the robbers were employees of the company, because they were able to bypass the iris recognition security scan and gain entrance. However, a security camera was able to capture a partial image of...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--the-running-man--the-eyes-have-it
Pebbling the Chessboard
It’s amazing how often sequences and series pop up in problem solving. In this deceptively challenging problem three discs are placed on a chessboard in a bounded region. The task is to move the pieces out of this region with the only complication being that pieces double when moved. After you’ve...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pebbling-the-chessboard
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...to learn about 5 projects to get students coding with Python. Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python! Becky Byer @ bb31415 Computer Science Education Week is just around the corner … are you ready for some Python fun with your students? How do you plan to s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
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
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
Gas Lab
...lab on day one. On day two and three they practice the lab. On day four we discuss the lab and all the calculations. On day 5 students team up and complete a lab quiz. Their instructor fills their balloon with an unknown pure gas from a storage tank. Students are awarded points based on how c...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/gas-lab
Vernier - Bungee Jump Accelerations
Students use an Accelerometer to analyze the motion of a bungee jumper and determine a point where there is maximum and minimum acceleration in the course of the motion. They also compare the experimental data with an actual bungee jump.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--bungee-jump-accelerations
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
Computer Science | Design Smart Systems | Texas Instruments
...TEM resources A great way to get students started in physical computing. Python-enabled TI graphing calculators are compatible with the BBC micro:bit. Learn more BBC micro:bit Empower students to code their own data collection programs. The TI Python module for Vernier...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science/design-smart-systems
Vernier - Vapor Pressure of Liquids
Students investigate the relationship between the vapor pressure of liquid and its temperature. They use a Pressure Sensor and a Temperature Probe to collect pressure and temperature data. Students compare the vapor pressure of two liquids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--vapor-pressure-of-liquids
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
Computer Science | Cybersecurity Activities | Texas Instruments
... that promote teamwork and critical thinking skills. All the cybersecurity activities are designed for students to do in groups and require BBC micro:bits and your TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators. Get your classroom ready for cybersecurity activitie...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science/cybersecurity
Forensics Case 11 - Ashes to Ashes: Using evaporation rate to identify an unknown liquid
In this activity, students understand that evaporation rate is a characteristic property of a liquid. Based on this fact, they identify the solution and the likely accelerant in a case of arson. They compare the evaporation rates of the accelerants found with the suspects with those near the crim...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-11--ashes-to-ashes-using-evaporation-rate-to-identify-an-unknown-liquid
Exploring Transformations with the Graphing Calculator
After an overview of coordinate notation, students explore transformations including translation, reflection, rotation, and dilation in a coordinate plane. The graphing calculator uses the list editor and functions with lists including the augment command and line graphs of familiar objects, a br...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-transformations-with-the-graphing-calculator
Greatest Area Activity
In this activity students will explore area as it compares to length of rectangles with a fixed perimeter by creating lists of the possible dimensions and the areas of these rectangles. Students will then graph a scatterplot of the data, find the quadratic regression, and explore the table of val...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/greatest-area-activity_1
Storefront Signs
Students learn to find area and explore the quadratic function. They compare the areas and patterns of squares within a square.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/storefront-signs
2023 US TI Cods Contest P1-announcement
... package will include: --> The choice of one (1) TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. One (1) TI-Innovator™ Hub and one (1) BBC micro:bit. One (1) set of TI-Innovator™ accessories including breadboard, ranger, I/O module and external battery. One (1) $50 gift card to pur...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2023/p1-announcement
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
...e will include: The choice of one TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator (selected by the team). One TI-Innovator™ Hub and one BBC micro:bit. One set of TI-Innovator™ accessories including breadboard, ranger, input/output module and external battery. One $50 gift card to pu...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
Solution 10352: Inputting Complex Numbers on the TI-85 or TI-86 Graphing Calculators.
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NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Take Out" - No Fly Zone
In "Take Out", a series of restaurant robberies prompts the FBI to ask Charlie to help predict the restaurant most likely to be targeted next. Charlie says that it can be thought of like a spider catching its prey in a web. Even the best constructed web can not catch all insects. There exist regi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--take-out--no-fly-zone
Solution 25770: Using the Measurement Transfer Tool on the TI-Nspire™ Family Handheld and Computer Software.
...rl] [click button] to "grab" one of the points. The [click button] is located in the center of the arrow keys. 16) Using the arrow keys, move the "grabbed" point. Notice that as the length of segment ab is changed, the length value is changed as well as the radius of the circle. 17) Press [enter]...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-nspire-family/product-usage/25770
Student boot camp: EOC test prep with TI-Nspire™ CX tech
...ties: Six-hour camp areas of focus TI-Nspire™ CX technology skills Using a table, graphing a function and finding points of interest, grabbing and moving a point, graphing a sequence, adjusting the window, graphing a scatter plot, using Numerical Solve to solve an equation, storing a...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/student-camp/virtual-texas-eoc-test-prep-nspire-cx
Transformations: Dilating Functions
Dilate and reflect different types of function graphs by grabbing points.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-dilating-functions
Graphing Systems at the Races
This activity involves solving a system of equations created from a problem I wrote about a greyhound racing to catch a toy rabbit on a mechanical arm. The ending activity involves solving a similar system, only involving another problem I wrote based on the end of a NASCAR race.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-systems-at-the-races