2020 TI Codes Contest and Sweepstakes Official Rules
...SE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. CONTEST DESCRIPTIONS: TI Codes Contest is a series of STEM-focused design challenges held in five competitive elimination rounds. Each round of the Contest presents a new challenge for teams to advance. Challenges include the creation of a Proje...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/rules/2020-ti-codes-contest-rules
2024 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
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Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...Provide several different ways of explaining this mystery. Fig. 2 If you or your students have never seen this before, it surely will come as a surprise, especially if you cut out the pieces and see that they really form the square and rectangle. Well, actually they do not! This i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
...ully crafted to help you understand current trends, follow best teaching practices and help your students grow. And to save you even more time, we’ve compiled a list of our top 10 most-watched videos from 2020 that you can enjoy and watch at your convenience. Knock one out (or all 10) in no time!...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...oree are members of the school’s award-winning math team that Mr. O coaches, along with who he calls his best awesome mathematical friend forever (BAMFF), Ashley Meinke. Ms. Meinke, who teaches calculus at the school, nominated Mr. O for the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love contest. Th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
.... Scott is an advocate for using TI-technology and regularly presents at conferences, workshops and webinars, demonstrating how TI-technology can be effectively used by students to explore and learn mathematics. Follow Scott on Twitter @scottknapp. AP® is a trademark registered by the College...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...ncepts by exploring chemistry and life sciences principles and observing processes, such as titration, all while designing experiments, predicting outcomes and testing hypotheses. Download all the files you need in an instant. Run this way. 2. Will creepy, crawly maggots lead you to the answ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...e interlocking rings which are symbolic of the five continents where the athletes come from (again, another interesting discussion topic). The five different ring colors represent all the colors of the flags of the world. To set the stage for exploring some sports-themed activities, why not h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...but is certainly exacerbated by the pandemic: teaching students with unfinished learning from previous grades. Some key principles can help make this complicated situation more manageable. But before we think about teaching and learning math, some foundational ideas should come first. I’ll echo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Best_Of_Science
...nd offers rich detail for each element. It’s a must-have for every chemistry student! Screenshots from the Tool: Periodic Table. 2. Space/Earth’s Seasons: Tilting Earth This lesson is great for showing students the effect of Earth’s tilt with respect to the different seasons. S...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/best_of_science
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...iagrams activity. 4. Work, Energy and Momentum: Work and Power — Physics: Energy Skate Park (HS) This lesson enables students to observe differences in the motion of a skateboarder in three different gravitational environments. Students will also observe the relationships between kinet...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...udents. If it were in my classroom, there would be a number that we would tear down each day with a Calculus meme on it. Instead, I’m using Remind to communicate with my kids. Teach the structure of the test. No matter if the test is on papers (admin 1 and 2) or online (admin 3), this year th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
To STEM and Beyond!
...anging technology field needs those that can problem solve, understand logic and persevere through a problem. This is what computer science and STEM offers our students. Being a chemistry teacher, my programming background knowledge and skills were limited to a Fortran programming class way bac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...ator is one method to give students an opportunity to solidify their understanding of a concept and explore computational thinking. It has a similar effect of asking a student to explain something to one of their peers to make sure they understand it. Coding also gives students valuable exposure ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ts to share to get you started! Here is my first Mixed Six. Example: Mixed Six activity I gave it to my students a few weeks later to complete, and they immediately started making suggestions of other topics. I was a little overwhelmed at first. I sent out an email to several othe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
NASA Events Calendar
...apibus Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Pharetra Ornare Mattis Magna Commodo As part of NASA and Texas Instruments’ The Search for STEMnauts contest, NASA is providing live, behind-the-scenes access and a...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
TI 2021 Holiday Holiday Contest Rules | Texas Instruments
... Education Technology division (“TI”), with a place of business at 12500 TI Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75243, and with a website at http://education.ti.com. CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest will begin on November 22, 2021, at 9:01 am Central Time (“CT”) and will end at 11:59 am CT on December 13, 2021 ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/holiday-contest/rules
BestofChemistry
...s of Science: Tool — Periodic Table This is a great tool for chemistry students. The Texas Instruments periodic table is completely interactive and offers rich detail for each element. It’s a must-have for every chemistry student! Screenshots from the Periodic Table activity. 2...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...acher computer/projector screen. One of my favorite simulations is the Light Me Up! activity. Ions in solution and dissociation of compounds are difficult concepts for students to master. This activity allows students to “see” the molecular as well as symbolic view of ionic and molecular compo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...tudents will build, code and test a working speaker. The speaker is built with a plastic or foam cup , a magnet, iron nail, soda straw and breadboard components. TI can loan you this project to try with your students if you’d like. Contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com if you’d like to bor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...oom. In this follow-up post (part 2), I intend to present ideas for how CAS can be utilized to benefit the algebra II classroom. Finding a lowest common denominator In my algebra I post, the Factor tool was employed as an approach to motivate students to recognize patterns between the prime ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
... CX graphing calculator, you can graph each answer choice without solving the equations for y (this saves a ton of time). How? By using the Relations command on a graphs page. Another great method is to use the Such That command on TI-Nspire™ technology to substitute numbers into the equat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...e to get adjusted, and you have to accept the fact that it’s not going to happen on the first day.” 2. Build the relationships and the learning will come One advantage teachers have in transitioning from the classroom to an online environment is that relationships have already been formed. You h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Prime Summer Reading for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...g list: Books for math and science teachers: “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” and “Modifying Your Thinking Classroom for Different Settings” “Routines for Reasoning” and “Teaching for Thinking” “Beyond the Bake Sale” “STEM Education NOW” ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/summer-reading-for-math-teachers