Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...art to work for this holiday. In the same Python Modules > TI Draw sections there’s an activity (Mini Project 2) to make the flag of the State of Texas: Taking a closer look at the geometry in the image above, what would it take to make the U.S. flag? (Warning: You might need some pati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...HERE: Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 38 years Ellen in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I know the exact moment that I wanted to be a teacher. In high school, I was asked to teach someone how to play the violin. I remember the lesson. I remember t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...al” learning. They were ready to tackle Conditional Statements. Initially, the students work through the first activity with their partners. This frontloaded the Conditional Statements, giving my students vocabulary and a baseline understanding. After completing the activity in their groups, we d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...hysics classes as the gravitational constant, g. So all that time we spend telling students that they will “use this someday”, well, this is a great example. When we talk about how much weight the bridge can support, we are really talking about the downward force exerted on the structure, due to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
...ly cool about microcontrollers is that you can add input and output devices like motors or temperature sensors to model a product or invention. For example, you can create a model of a product that dispenses candy when it gets too hot. This student is creating a model of a product based on a T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...key and select FULL. Tip 2: Using the Fraction Template Press the alpha key then the y= key in order to get the fraction template. In the complex example below, I use the first template. Tip 3: Investigating Transformation Graphing Using Lists Press the stat key, then select the first opti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
... inserting the coordinates into the slope formula. Lastly, you will need to display the slope. Don’t forget this last, important step. The code runs exactly what you tell it to do, so if you don’t remember to include “display” it won’t know to display the answer. Below is an example of pseudocode...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...as in it. Now she's probably one of our best because she concentrated on learning programming from the beginning and takes small steps to understand exactly what she is doing,” said Kachur. “Her first exposure to coding was on the TI-Nspire and she's really getting it. It’s just great to watch.” ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...e too thick do not invite students to contribute. An immediate application of appropriate frames can be the implementation of conjectures and counterexamples. By allowing students to state conjectures and ponder counterexamples, we in turn provide space for curiosity, ownership and courage. Fin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...s a former National T³™ Instructor and has delivered numerous workshops and talks. He is currently leading the T³™ Professional Development team at Texas Instruments in their EdTech division. We asked some of our favorite educators for the books they turn to for inspiration in their work. Happy ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
..., keywords can be menu driven or directly typed. The menus can help when introducing and reinforcing new topics. Students don’t have to remember the exact syntax; they only need to recognize which one to select. It also avoids keyword typos. Notice, the templates below have the keywords in black ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Innovation in Biology
... groups were not quite ready to showcase their project. They had a little more tinkering to do and begged me to shorten their review for their final exam in favor of finishing their trash wheel. When upper-level ninth-grade students ask you to do something like this, you know they are engaged in ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...uly winner of TI’s Spread the Math Love Contest. Connor said he was up late one night scrolling Instagram (don’t tell his mom) and saw a post about Texas Instruments’ (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. He knew immediately that he had to nominate her — a former college math professor turned classr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...me mathematical models are empirically based, while others are theoretically based. Empirical models are built from after-the-fact observations, for example, fitting a polynomial regression to a set of observed COVID-19 cases. Empirical models are justified solely by how well they extrapolate and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...ly to connect each of these equations, confirm whether they are equivalent, and to be sure that we factored or expanded or completed the square correctly. This video shows the process for Y = x2 – 5x + 4. ; Once we have found the important points in the function’s graph and in the equation, I ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...ant starting in round four; and 3) Students can try this out with different starting amounts and will still get constant amounts at equilibrium. For example, here’s what happens when starting with four reactant pennies and 36 product pennies. In this example, we reach equilibrium one round ear...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...ur lesson plans from now until the break. Happy holidays! About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television statio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
TI 2021 Holiday Holiday Contest Rules | Texas Instruments
...TUTORY, REGARDING ANY PRIZE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. RESTRICTIONS: You understand and agree photographs posted by you MUST NOT contain material that, in the sole determinat...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/holiday-contest/rules
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 2 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 3 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 1 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 4 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 5 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 6 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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