Leveling the Math Playing Field
...ntaged students who lack computers and internet connectivity and are now falling even further behind. In this era of accountability, long-standing inequities are being exposed, and they demand our attention — now. Arbitrary circumstances into which kids are born — such as their race, ethnicity, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...Ring of Fire This activity takes students on a journey around the Pacific Rim and the infamous “Ring of Fire.” Students will plot locations of earthquakes and volcanos to see if any pattern emerges. Screenshots from the Ring of Fire activity. 3. Earth’s Water: Fresh Water — T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Simple Calculator Tips for Algebra 2 | Texas Instruments
... Algebra 1 calculator functions for students with rusty memories.) There’s always more to learn with this calculator, so let’s get started! Degree vs. Radian Mode Find a Logarithm With Any Base Using Y-Vars Natural Log and e Imaginary Numbers Transformation App 1. Degree v...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/simple-easy-calculator-tips-algebra2-concepts
Top 6 calculator functions to know for AP® Statistics | TI
...e asked to do during the exam. If you are taking the AP® Statistics exam in May, check out the top 6 must-know tips about your TI-84 Plus CE: Regression Analysis Normal Probabilities Binomial Probabilities Random Variables Checking Conditions Inferential Procedures 1:...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/top-6-calculator-functions-ap-statistics
AP® Precalculus Resources Teachers Love | Texas Instruments
...hematical principals and the technology knowledge needed for exam success. Technology plays an important role in this new course, as its use is required on parts of the exam. To help in your transition to teaching this new AP® course, I am covering: The AP® Precalculus course goals and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/ap-precalculus-resources-teachers-will-love
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...the responsibility of running our school’s educational computer system, an HP2000 minicomputer with 32 CRT terminals in the early 1980s. The district quickly jumped on the personal computer bandwagon with Radio Shack TRS-80s and then IBM PC Juniors. I bought my own computer in 1984 — an Atari 800...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...tion to one of the most in-demand skills for the future. “It’s so useful. Even if it’s just basic, starting out with Texas Instruments, it’s a really great way for people to find their interests,” said Sephton. “If you don’t try, then you’ll never know.” With the government of Ontario’s announc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...mpact of a global pandemic on students’ mathematical understandings, opportunities to learn and social-emotional well-being. The situation creates unique challenges as we begin the 2021–22 school year, but by shifting our perspectives, we can view each of these challenges as an opportunity for po...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...re are handouts with solutions available in this BulleTIn Board post. The AP® Statistics Office Hours with Daren Starnes YouTube live series is a quick 4 video playlist that students can use to review the major topics of the Statistics course and includes some quick calculator tips as well. T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...don’t know how to do the problem, they can sometimes solve the problem by estimating a distance or an angle. Also, students can use this knowledge to quickly check if their answer makes sense. While the mathematicians in us might cringe at this notion, students love this strategy and can save tim...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...lassroom’s four walls. During the typical school day, we as classroom teachers are often limited to somewhat canned activities that are part of our required curriculum or scope/sequence from our district. That’s where summer camps come into the picture. The flexibility of summer yields the perfec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...ents is to have patience. You’re going to find that some things don’t translate well into the new online setting. Teaching in a virtual environment requires a different skill set, and students will react differently. His advice: “Try not to be so hard on yourself, and show yourself some grace. It...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
TI-Nspire™ Programming Activities | Texas Instruments
...ms but are not the same. Functions can have many statements and look like other programs in the Program Editor. Functions are different from programs because their purpose is to return a value. The value can be a number, list, string, matrix, or any other built-in data type. Programs are limited ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes/nspire/10-minutes
How Fast Is Your Racer
Students become familiar with collecting and analyzing linear data. Students first perform a manually linear fit to their collected data, and are then introduced to the linear regression analysis capabilities of the calculator. The time taken for mousetrap racers to cover predetermined distances ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-fast-is-your-racer
Let's Play Ball with Families of Graphs
This activity is designed for students to use real-time data to generate a family of parabolic graphs. The data set will be generated by graphing the heights of a ball bounce with respect to time. Students will determine the regression equations to the graphs and determine their relationships. ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lets-play-ball-with-families-of-graphs
On Demand T³™ Webinars
... Sollicitudin Purus Condimentum Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Justo Risus Sem Fusce Fermentum...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-Nspire™ CX Graphing Calculator
... you. In this post, I have compiled a list of six of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator. 1. Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will be asked to draw a scatterplot on the exam; however, being familiar with creating and analyzing a s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstatstipsfornspire
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... commands and run it again. What happens? What do they learn from the results? Have them play with the color. The color is based on a mixture of red, green and blue. Each of the colors can vary in value from 0 to 255. What colors can they make? Preparing for the picture (and some math) We are g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...y continue through the different phases of the contest. The design and build stages include a video consultation with a team of TI experts who answer questions and provide valuable feedback to the teams about their design. Students become immersed in a complete product design experience — an incr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...ems, pressure that is tapping a rapidly dwindling groundwater supply. With this in mind, and eager to learn more about the operation of our school’s aquaponic greenhouse, we leveraged the “Smart Water with TI-Innovator™” project to extend our students’ engineering skills and their appreciation of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
Predicting White Blood Counts
Students find equations, which best-fit the data, using different regression models built into their calculators. The best method of handling this data, is to break the data into sections and fit different periods of time with different equations. Using their models, they predict when the patie...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/predicting-white-blood-counts
2023 Virtual T3IC | Education Conference | Texas Instruments
... What does r2 really tell us? We’ll share a classroom-ready investigation with an engaging context that connects one-variable and two-variable quantitative data analysis on the calculator while answering this question. The TI-84 Plus CE graphing ...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/virtual-t3-international-conference-2023
2021 T³™ International Conference | T3IC | Texas Instruments
...how you’re using TI technology to support student engagement. T³IC online community T³IC Challenge Earn points for answering questions in the event trivia challenge, and earn bragging rights on the leaderboard. Everyone who participates has the chance to win fun prizes. ...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/t3-international-conference-2021
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2022 | Texas Instruments
... can use with students to get them to love mathematics as much as we all do. You’ll explore: Graphing functions and the relationships between the equation, table and graph. Expressions using the home screen and tables. Inequality graphing and applications. Geometric transformations. “Awe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/2022-webinars-top-10
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