IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...students, on the site. There are more than 50 IB® exam style questions, including mark schemes, both in PDF and “.doc” formats. The “.doc” format allows the teacher to alter the questions to fit their needs, giving them an endless number of sample problems to use. We also looked at some of the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...w, balloons.py, which uses my favorite control structure: while get_key() != ”esc”:. The loop body generates a random color (red, green, blue) and draws a filled circle at a random position with a random radius (x, y, r) somewhere on the screen. These circles continue to appear on the screen unti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...nnect what I need to learn in math and science class today to be successful as a pilot in the future.” The win landed Alex on several of his local news stations to talk about the activity he inspired, STEM on the Fly. See Alex in action: WNYT-TV (NBC): Tech Valley High Sophomore meets South...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
...finances. In celebration of Math Awareness Month, here are four TI-Nspire activities to use in your classes – whether you teach algebra, calculus or statistics. 1: German Tanks: Exploring Sampling Distributions In this activity, your students will be challenged with the same problem the WWII Al...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...Learning” by Peter C. Brown et al. Recommended by T³™ instructor and Ontario Association of Mathematics Education President, Paul Alves, this book draws on recent work in cognitive psychology and other disciplines with a goal to promote more productive learners. Throughout the book, the authors w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...he product. My advice: Help your students make those connections to real-world, consumer applications. About The Author: About the Author: Ray Lesniewski, a National Board Certified educator, has taught fifth grade through college-level chemistry since 1987. Along with a master’s degree in chemi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...e thought was a meeting with her principal. Connor, his sister Lauryn and a few of their classmates surprised their mom, Kimberly Karaman, with the news that she was one of the winners of the contest. Karaman came up to the school thinking that she was meeting with the principal, but instead open...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
How Else Can We Show This?
...hen ask students if they can find a place in the equation of a quadratic function that reveals each of these graph features. Standard form clearly shows the y-intercept, factored form gives the x-intercepts (if any), and vertex form indicates the high or low point. We use the “tracer ball” graphi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
... Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another using two straws of different widths. This approach can result in always-changing water levels due to spillage. Students don’t get to see that equilibrium means ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...s Play Dreidel Have some fun with Hanukkah by asking your students to write code on their TI graphing calculators that will spin the dreidel. See who comes out the winner. 4) Happy New Year Hook up to the TI-Innovator™ Hub and challenge your students to play “Auld Lang Syne.” Take it a step furt...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...a third graders through the program that uses Rover to draw a robot. Much to the excitement of teachers and students, The Oklahoma Welcome, a local newspaper, wrote a news story the event, giving the students some well-deserved recognition: Keota students get hands-on with new TI-Innovator Rover ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
... setting it on the part of the stick that is still on the table. Karate chop it and notice the stick doesn’t break. When the paper is placed completely flat on top of the stick, it serves as a large surface area for the air above it to push down on the paper – and by extension, onto the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...rink in Holland. Using the balloon object b1 defined earlier, I can draw the balloon b1 using the statement b1.draw( ) with no arguments since b1 “knows” its own color, position and radius: When writing a “method” (defining a function for the class), I am telling the class “how” to do ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Jessica Kohout
... and activities that they can truly see and experience. We have access to this phenomenon through NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards), which allows students to discuss concepts they’re learning through real experiences. This permits them to start making connections, so that each concept beco...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/teacher-of-the-month
The Long Road to My STEM Career
... school and in a fulfilling career. An important first step is to introduce girls and young women to positive role models in these fields. It’s not news that women are underrepresented in the STEM workforce. Collectively, we can change this narrative. We can tell girls, “Yes, STEM is for you, and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
How To Use the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators To Succeed on the ACT®
...act, when B = 3, the graph when B = -3 is a reflection across the y-axis. Press s to access the SETUP menu, and turn the TrailOn. This feature allows you to see a remnant of the movement that the graph makes as the value of b changes. How does that help answer this question? If you kn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/digital-act-84
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...wise functions and graphs in this session of our “Algebra Through Calculus” series. Connecting Mathematics to Current Events and Daily Life Using Newspaper Articles and TI Technology Hosted by Ron Lancaster Join NCTM columnist Ron Lancaster as he uses current events and TI technology to devel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...dents to sit down and memorize multiplication tables. However, in my opinion, the best days are those where you can execute a rich math task that allows students to have a good time. It’s that connection between the student, the teacher and the curriculum that can be so exciting. What subjects ha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Graphing Calculators Are Now Approved for the AP® Biology Exam, but What Else Can I Do With Them?
...f the TI-Nspire™ platform, you can create, edit and distribute activities to students that cater to your teaching style. This example shows how the stomata of a leaf would react based on wavelengths of light. This example shows how certain alleles are selected in various ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/graphingcalculatorsapproved
Building a Band With Famous Mathematicians
...tain number of spaces creates rhythmic patterns, as found in Elvis Presley’s American rockabilly standard, “Hound Dog.” And the Fibonacci sequence shows up in the keys of a piano, so the Italian mathematician “is not only on keyboards, he’s ‘in’ the keyboard,” Sword explained. Our imaginary band ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/june/music-in-math
Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM
...math education during the NCSM conference that focused on making waves of positive change for students. The state of STEM education today is a good-news/bad-news story that requires immediate attention to turn it into only a good-news story. And as a parent, long-time educator and now head of TI’...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/mathmadness
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Lisa Goddard
...great working with the TI-Nspire™ Navigator™ System . It’s helped students by providing them with a clear visualization of each math problem and allows them to move things around on the screen with ease. Everything about the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator has been phenomenal. I honestly can’t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/march/teacherofthemonth
Cereal Numbers
Students build numbers from zero to ten with cereal and connect the number name and numeral. Students also explore number sentences for numbers up to ten.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cereal-numbers
How Salty Is It?
Students learn to solve a real-world problem involving salt water. Students will determine the amount of sea salt needed to turn an aquarium into a simulated salt-water environment. They also experiment with items and check their buoyancy in water with varying salt concentrations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-salty-is-it
What is an Exponent?
...at the base, 3, is used as a factor four times. This lesson focuses on how the definition can be used in a variety of situations to make sense of the computations: , , and in particular, allows students to investigate whether exponents “distribute” over operations other than mul...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-is-an-exponent--bc