Python Modules: Python activities using TI-Nspire™ CX II Technology | Texas Instruments
... , ), t.setheading(), and t.pendown() to place the turtle at a random starting point on the screen facing in a random direction with a random side length. The turtle screen ranges from -159 to 159 (pixels) horizontally and -106 to 106 vertically and it’s OK if the turtle goes off the screen. The...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes/python/ti-nspire-cx-ii/python-modules
Looking Through the Lens
Students use simulated experiments to explore ray diagrams for converging and diverging thin lenses.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/looking-through-the-lens
Balancing Torques and Forces
In this activity, students explore the conditions necessary to produce static equilibrium using first-, second-, and third-class levers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-torques-and-forces
Handheld Skills for the Science Classroom
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Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: A Killer Cup of Coffee
In this activity, students will use colorimetry to calculate the concentration of an unknown solution by measuring how it absorbs a specific wavelength of light.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-ti@nspire-@-case-9-a-killer-cup-of-coffee
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...-Nspire™ Technology Implementing STEM Practices with TI-Nspire™ Technology Exploring TASC Topics in Mathematics with the TI-30XS MultiView™ Scientific Calculator Exploring TEKS Topics in High School Mathematics with the TI-84 Plus Family Connecting ...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/schools-and-districts/onsite-workshops/listing
STEM and the Ghost of Deadman's Curve
This activity provides students with an introduction to electromagnetism, including the study of wavelength and frequency.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ghosts
Counting cells and crunching numbers
Students test each of two hypothetical drugs using different wavelengths to fluorescently label beta cells then count the ones that are replicating.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diabetes-research
5 Fresh Spring Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
... some of our favorite ideas. Read the full blog for tips from your fellow educators. Read the top 5 approaches from teachers 5. Springtime coloring activity Our creative coloring books provide fun and cheerful activities for students to work on. They’re great to hand out durin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/fresh-spring-ideas-for-classrooms
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...Illinois Objective: Students were given a drawing of half of an animal face (example: elephant and wolf), and they had to physically measure the lengths and interior angles of that half-drawn face. They then had to code that to scale on the Rover to recreate the drawing. Finally, to earn full c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
... hole puncher in the outline to make it easier to cut with scissors. Image courtesy of Brad Posnanski. Cut out the middle, down the length of the tube, leaving some closed area at the ends. Image courtesy of Brad Posnanski. Attach a piece of cardstock to the end of y...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Forensics Case 7 - Drug Tests: Identifying an unknown chemical
In this activity, students distinguish between physical and chemical properties. They also understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative observations. They use quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify an unknown powder.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-7--drug-tests-identifying-an-unknown-chemical
Exploring the Area Under a Curve
Students explore Riemann sums to find the approximate area under the graph of a parabola on the interval [0, 1].https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-area-under-a-curve
Transformtions and Tessellations
In this activity you will construct a variety of transformations. In Problem #1 you will create a reflection of a pentagon, in Problem #2 a translation of a regular hexagon, in Problem #3 a rotation of a quadrilateral in two ways, in Problem #4 a dilation of a triangle. In each case you will ob...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformtions-and-tessellations
Side Length, Perimeter, and Area of a Rectangle
Explore the effects of changing base (or height) of a rectangle on it's perimeter and area.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/side-length-perimeter-and-area-of-a-rectangle
Proving the Pythagorean Theorem - President Garfield's Proof
This is the same proof that is found on the TI-Exchange website for the 84 plus, but I modified it for the Nspire handhelds.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proving-the-pythagorean-theorem--president-garfields-proof
Transformations: Reflections
Explore what a reflection does to an object.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-reflections
Discovering the Circumcenter and Centroid of a Triangle
The students will find the circumcenter by constructing perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. They will also find the centroid by constructing the medians of a triangle and discover that the centroid is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex along each median.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-the-circumcenter-and-centroid-of-a-triangle
Exploring the Black Box of Quadrilaterals
The exploration will begin with students dragging the quadrilateral given to them about the screen. Initially, they will be asked to simply identify the quadrilateral's type by sight. This will require simply a visual recognition of the quadrilaterals parallelogram, rectangle, square, rhombus, ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-black-box-of-quadrilaterals
Exploring the Formula for Area of a Triangle: How was it Derived?
This activity is designed to be paperless. The entire lesson is written to be placed in the Nspire. Students will explore how the formula for area of a triangle works and why it works, they will also explore altitudes and medians of triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-formula-for-area-of-a-triangle-how-was-it-derived
Exploring Transformations
Investigate translating and reflecting shapes in the coordinate plane and observe how the new image is related to the original shape.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-transformations
Triangle Sum Theorem
Investigate the special relationship of the angles of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-sum-theorem
Filling the Urn
Work with linked representations of the related rates of change of volume and height of fluid.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/filling-the-urn
Making Hay While the Sun Shines & Not Losing It in the Rain (The Geometry of the Big Round Bale)
This activity explores the volume of the hay bale and the percent of loss as the radius of the bale decreases. The extension collects data from the constructed cylinder in a spreadsheet and graphs it. The graphs are modeled with quadratic functions and transformations of quadratic functions can...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-hay-while-the-sun-shines--not-losing-it-in-the-rain--the-geometry-of-the-big-round-bale
Altitudes of Triangles
Students investigate the intersection of the altitudes of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/altitudes-of-triangles