In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...to derive the formulas for converting between the two temperature scales. It is such a profound way to engage students in temperature scales, formula usage and conversion lessons, as well as real-time applications of mathematical modeling skills. Visualization of data analysis The TI-Ns...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...“repeated factor” and/or a denominator containing a factor of “x.”) Transformations of functions In part 1 of this post, which highlights usage of CAS in algebra I, I used the Solve tool to encourage students to consider the number of solutions to a quadratic equation in the form x2 =...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Simple Ionic Compounds
In this lesson students will review and test their understanding of simple ionic compounds.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/simple-ionic-compounds
Science TODAY™ - Growing Bigger by the Decade
Students will examine the current and predicted population data from the countries included in the USA TODAY Snapshot® "Growing bigger by the decade".https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--growing-bigger-by-the-decade
Science TODAY™ - More of U.S. (formally Science TODAY™ - More the Merrier)
Students examine the USA TODAY Snapshot™ "More of U.S.", construct a graph from the data, produce a mathematical model (linear) for the data, determine the rate of change for the data, and make predictions about future population levels.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--more-of-u-s--formally-science-today--more-the-merrier
Science TODAY™ - The USA's Expanding Weight Problem
This activity reveals the incidence of obesity in the United States. Students will analyze "The USA's expanding weight problem" and other data to construct a graph, analyze the trends in the data, and make predictions about the future.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--the-usas-expanding-weight-problem
Science TODAY™ - Corn Crop is a Bin-Buster
Using the USA TODAY Snapshot® " data from the USDA Statistics Service website, and information from a USA TODAY article, students will be asked to calculate percent change, do summations of data, observe trends, and offer explanations as to the reasons for those trends in agricultural p...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--corn-crop-is-a-binbuster
Putting Things in Place
Students investigate the value of the digits in $8,205.50 and determine the number of thousands, hundreds, tens, ones and even the number of dimes and pennies. The concept is then extended to additional situations. They learn where to place a decimal when writing amounts of money and to perform a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/putting-things-in-place
Celsius and Fahrenheit Number Line
A number line comparing temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/celsius-and-fahrenheit-number-line
Are all Constructions Created Equal?
This activity is designed to give preservice teachers an introduction to the circle, compass and line tools in the Graphs & Geometry application of the TI-NSpire. The set of four investigations are designed to provide them with ideas on how to assess geometric constructions by identifying the dif...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/are-all-constructions-created-equal
It's a Parallelogram, You Say?
Students represent complex numbers in the complex plane as points or vectors and display the sum and difference of two complex numbers as diagonals of the parallelograms they define.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-a-parallelogram-you-say_1
Math TODAY: Thirsty For Oil
Students will use the USA TODAY® Infograph 'Thirsty For Oil' to explore the area of a trapezoid and determine how to find area. Students will find the area of a parallelogram and use this to determine a formula for the area of a trapezoid. Applying the relationship to a real-world problem will he...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today-thirsty-for-oil
Math TODAY: Wing Tabs Save Fuel
Using the USA TODAY® Infograph, 'Wing Tabs Save Fuel,' ratios and proportions will be used to explore the concept of similarity between a drawing/model and the actual dimensions. The effects of dilation (size change) on an image and pre-image will also be explored. In addition, students will look...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today-wing-tabs-save-fuel
Organized Guess and Check using CellSheet
Students will use the APP CellSheet to aid in answering a typical guess and test problem. The activity will help in their organizational ability as well as with cell sheet usage. Their answers will be shared using Navigatorhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/organized-guess-and-check-using-cellsheet
Combining Like Terms
Students can use this LearningCheck™ to practice the distributive property and combining like terms with positive integershttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/combining-like-terms
Math TODAY: Ballooning Inside the Box
Using the USATODAY® Infograph, "Ballooning Inside the Box," students will explore geometric relationships using similar triangles. Identifying triangles with two pairs of congruent angles to explore similarity properties of the triangles is an essential part of this activity.Students will learn w...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today--ballooning-inside-the-box
Math TODAY: When a Ruler Isn't Enough
Using the USA TODAY® Infograph, "When a Ruler Isn't Enough," you will explore the geometric relationships in similar right triangles. The altitude to the hypotenuse will create two right triangles that are similar to each other and to the original. Students will determine measurements indirectly ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today--when-a-ruler-isnt-enough_1
It's a Parallelogram, You Say?
Students represent complex numbers in the complex plane as points or vectors and display the sum and difference of two complex numbers as diagonals of the parallelograms they define.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-a-parallelogram-you-say
Prime Summer Reading for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...ent learning Homeschooling And more “Routines for Reasoning: Fostering the Mathematical Practices in All Students” by Grace Kelemanik, Susan Janssen Creighton, Amy Lucenta “Teaching for Thinking: Fostering Mathematical Teaching Practices Through Reasoning Routines” by Grace K...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Find the Frequen-Z!
...; however, Texas Instruments (TI) has free resources that can help. The art of storytelling is an approach that has aided people with learning for thousands of years, and TI has an abundance of free activities that place your students into fun stories to help them learn the concepts they’re study...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/july/survived-the-zombie-outbreak
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
...k wirelessly to the teacher’s computer – right from their desks. More recently, we introduced the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. We heard from thousands of teachers who didn’t want us to change the TI-84 Plus. That is, until we told them we could make it slimmer and lighter, give it a recharg...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...lly interactive and I had a lot of fun.” That’s music to the ears of Peter Balyta, president of TI Education Technology and leader of a corporate crusade to get more students interested in engineering, especially girls. “We created Rover as an easy on-ramp to robotics, to help all kids see that...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...mething new. The concept: A 3D printer extruder that helps astronauts make efficient use of limited resources by recycling old prints into new, usable filament. See their video. The extruder uses a motor and fan to propel plastic through a heater, melting down unneeded material into ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
.... She recently published a book titled “On the Money: Math Activities to Build Financial Literacy K–5.” Find her on Twitter @lindsayanngold. 1. Lusardi, Annamaria. “Financial Literacy and the Need for Financial Education: Evidence and Implications.” Published in Swiss Journal of Economics an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...the NGSS SEP of Arguing with Evidence on which of the liquids had the strongest intermolecular force of attraction. Snapshot of the classroom usage of the TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software and the TI‑Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System where the student data is projected for the class to vi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students