#TIpTuesday: July 4th Edition
... July 4th happens to fall on a Tuesday this year, we decided to feature some patriotic programs for a special edition of #TIpTuesday. Click here to download a TI-84 Plus CE program that creates a firework display on your calculator. You can also edit or use this program as a guide to customize th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/tip-tuesday-july-4th-edition
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
Middle school gifted and talented students at Travis Vanguard Academy in Dallas were among the first in the world to get their hands on Texas instruments’ first robot for the classroom, the TI-Innovator™ Rover. Engineers at TI designed the robotic car, best known as Rover, to help middle and hig...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...als 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 — and used a cassette recorder for storing programs, and the passion kept me up very late many nights. The disc ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
... M in STEM: Using math to win every day Below are directions for how to walk through each of the four STEM activities and links to where you can download further materials. We hope you and your students have fun envisioning what’s next. S in STEM: The science of zombies In this activity, stu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...ood way to baseline your conductivity sensor since distilled water should be nearly free of electrolytes. From there you can test your design with known concentrations of salt solutions to see how accurate your sensor is. Designing a conductivity sensor When designing your sensor, think abou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
mathyoga
...e students write a positive message on a sticky note about one of their classmates, and stick it on their mat. They have also asked students to jot down something they want to get rid of on paper, tear it up and put it in a clear glass jar to promote letting things go, which, as you know, can be ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...s must be an awe-ful (awe-less?) experience for these students. I vividly remember a high school teacher who told us that the area of the region shown in figure 1 was equal to the natural logarithm of 2. We had not yet studied how to calculate the area between two curves, and I was blown away b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
... and your students sailing through our software. In just five short minutes, you can learn how to access the emulator and scratchpad, how to open a downloaded document, and how to take screenshots and embed them into documents. 1. TI Office Hours: AP® Statistics (Part 1) (75 minutes) This w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
... have never chosen this path, or been able to succeed, without the mentorship of Mr. Marr. His mathematical abilities, which are remarkable on their own, are far outweighed by his passion for teaching calculus,” wrote Southwick. Having dreamed of serving her country since she was 11 years old, So...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...ndwork for our students to feel the same. STAAR is a registered trademark of the Texas Education Agency.Kraus Math is a registered trademark of its owner. About the author: Emily Kraus has taught math in grades three through eight in Austin, Texas. She is the creator of Kraus Math®, which pro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
David Olszewski, better known as Mr. O on the grounds of Perry High School in Canton, Ohio, has been teaching math for the past five years. Ask any of his students, or fellow teachers, and it’s clear he has quickly become a campus favorite. “Mr. O is a really fun teacher to have because he alway...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...will use these three key math ideas as the foundation and will reinforce the concepts and ultimately provide the students with a tool to check their own work. Let’s take a look at the code, and see how it is used to sneak Python into exploring key math ideas: Quadratics can cross the x-axis...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...find derivatives, or my algebra students to solve equations simply by pushing buttons. Thankfully over time, my vision for CAS and its utility has grown. CAS isn't only a way to find the answers. When used appropriately, it can support exploring and understanding the math behind the same answe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...o their Chromebook™ notebook computers. Here are a few of the things that you can do once the calculator is connected: Take screenshots Download and transfer files Update the calculator operating system (OS) Following are some detailed ideas on how to get the most from a Chrome...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...g a particular concept. TI offers many lessons and activities that support students’ sense-making and ability to approach mathematics ideas in their own unique ways. Additionally, the STEM learning resources tap into student interests and flexibility in thinking and approaches. Relationships Com...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...e four parts of the brain impacted by the zombie virus. If you want to keep the zombie fun going for a full week of Halloween-themed lessons, download the sequel activity (available for TI-Nspire™ CX technology). Students will dive deeper into science concepts by exploring chemistry and lif...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
... Quaranteens, including: Arshaun Faraji Mason Neumann Carson Caranza Rana Banankhah Reza Banankhah The team: The Quaranteens drew upon their own life experiences during the pandemic, which mirrored some of the challenges astronauts face aboard the ISS. With the space station crew confined...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
This Valentine’s Day, we want to celebrate a straight-A student whose love of learning is inspiring everyone around her. Jasmine Calderon, 17, is an exceptional senior at Pahokee High School in Florida who continues to excel despite her entire household coming down with COVID-19 over the summer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...ncing the excitement and drama of it all from our couches. Educators will be among those mesmerized with the stories they see but may find their own minds racing on all the rich opportunities for sports-related ideas to engage students in the math and science classroom. Let’s take a look at f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...ng a ridiculous amount of TV series and movies, vacationing yearly with her high school girl friends, playing video games like a teenager, tracking down live music on a warm summer day and using sarcasm abundantly. You can follow her on Twitter @Mlg5791. Did you know that Girl Scout troops can...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...t what Girl Scouts is doing to shape girls to be the next generation of scientists, engineers, innovators, and leaders, is truly remarkable. We’ve known for a while that gender diversity in STEM careers is lacking (women comprise half of the workforce, yet hold fewer than 25% of U.S. STEM jobs), ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...nt study and review To augment a flipped classroom It is modular — you only use what you want or need! And students can work at their own pace. Explore linear relations and slope For introducing graphs of linear relationships, here is a screenshot from the video “How to Graph y ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...knowledge, and we learned together. Their successful smiles and “yahoos” when they determined their errors, solved their problems and designed their own projects were contagious. As a result, I wrote several grants to purchase TI-Innovator™ Hubs, I/O and breadboard kits, as well as a few TI-Innov...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
StatisticsOfficeHours
...is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Curtis Brown currently works as the Math Segment manager at Texas Instruments. He taught mathematics and AP® Statistics for several years. Since starting at ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...onstruction paper, scissors, tape and ribbon to transform from a teacher to a TI-84 Plus. Watch this video to learn how to create your own calculator costume. Haunted! Or hoax? Put your students on a creepy case as they explore STEM and the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve. Ask stud...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath