Probability Distributions
Students list outcomes for probability experiments such as flipping a coin, rolling number cubes, and observing the sex of each child born in a family. They use these outcomes to record the values of random variables, such as number of tails, sum of the cubes, and number of boys. Students then cr...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/probability-distributions_2
Probability Distributions
Students will describe how the distribution of a random sample of outcomes provides information about the actual distribution of outcomes in a discrete sample space.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/probability-distributions_1
Population Mean: σ unknown
Students calculate confidence intervals to estimate the true population mean when the standard deviation of the population is not known.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/population-mean-σ-unknown
Normal Probability Plot
This lesson involves creating a normal probability plot for several data sets involving height to examine the appearance of such plots when the distribution is approximately normal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/normal-probability-plot
Means With Confidence
Students estimate the true mean of a population when the standard deviation is known by finding the sample mean, margin of error and confidence interval.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/means-with-confidence_1
Cell Phone Range
Students will learn to identify the domain and range of various real-world step functions. They will graphically explore numerical data points and observe step functions. Open and closed points on a graph are investigated and discussed.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cell-phone-range_1
Can You Make My Graph?
Students are to find the equations of graphs of trigonometric functions (using sine and cosine) and will also identify values for the amplitude, period, phase shift, and vertical shift. This activity is a modified version of the activity "What's the Equation?" originally made by Lauren Jensen.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/can-you-make-my-graph
Multiplicity of Zeros of Functions
Students will utilize graphs and equations of five polynomial functions to determine the zeros of the functions and whether the functions cross the x-axis at these zeros or just touch the x-axis at the zeros. Then students will determine the degree of the polynomial functions and the effect the d...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiplicity-of-zeros-of-functions
Multiplication & Division of Functions
Students will determine the resulting functions produced from the multiplication and division of two functions. They will explore the graphical representation of the resulting function and support their algebraic solution by determining if the graphs coincide. Additionally, students will evaluate...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiplication--division-of-functions
Investigating Logistic Functions and Applications
Students will investigate the graphs of logistic functions, function characteristics, and solving logistic equations in Problem 1. Application problems that are modeled by logistic functions are completed in Problem 2-4. This activity is appropriate for Algebra II or Precalculus.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-logistic-functions-and-applications
Linear Equation Games: Activity #7 Blackblobs
This is the Nspire version of the old DOS program 'Green Globs'. Students are given random points in which to find their own equations. The more points they go through with one line, the better their score.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-activity-7-blackblobs
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #10 Pinball Game
This activity consists of three pinball games using points for students to find the linear equations. Each game has it's separate directions which are on the file and on the worksheet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-10-pinball-game
NASA - Rendezvous For Two
When the space shuttle launches from NASA Kennedy Space Center, it must launch within a certain time frame (called a launch window) in order to successfully dock with the ISS. Launch windows are calculated so that the space shuttle will reach an orbit that is slightly lower than the ISS, but in t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--rendezvous-for-two
Infinite Geometric Series
In this activity, students will explore infinite geometric series. They will consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and determine whether an infinite geometric series converges or diverges. Students will numerically analyze infinite geometric series using spreadsheets.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/infinite-geometric-series_1
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #9 9 Ball Game
This activity provides a ‘9 Ball Pool Table’ on a graph page. Students are to begin the game by clicking on the ‘play’ button to start the animation of the pool balls. They move the 'cue' ball around and find equations that go through the 'cue' ball, another ball(s) and the hole.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-9-9-ball-game
Unit Circle template
This is a one page unit circle template that you can copy and paste into a document that you are creating. To make it fit the screen, change the document settings to "float 3," and I used degrees instead of radians for all of the angles up to 180 degrees. You will also want to view in "handheld...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/unit-circle-template
Application of Maximum-Minimum Problems
Students will use a graphing approach to find the minimum costs of running a new line from a power station to a point on an island. Students will begin with a scaled drawing and follow the prompts. They will also manually collect data and find a curve of best fit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-maximumminimum-problems
Wrapping Functions
This activity introduces students to various functions of a circular angle. They are shown a unit circle and a point P that can be dragged around the circle. As the point is dragged, different measures are captured, including angle measures, linear distance, and the area of a sector. The activity...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/wrapping-functions
Area Under a Curve
Students will approximate the area under a polynomial curve using rectangles. Each of the polynomials in this activity represents a real-world situation to enable students to see the importance of finding the area under a curve.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-under-a-curve
Slope and Tangent
This lesson provides opportunities for students to explore the connections between the slope of a line and the tangent of the angle between the line and the horizontal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slope-and-tangent
Focus/Directrix Definition of Conics
This lesson involves observing and describing relationships between the focus and the directrix of each conic: parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/focusdirectrix-definition-of-conics
Slider Template
In this activity, students learn to create a slider to use in various applications.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slider-template
Folding Parabolas
In this activity, students graph a quadratic function and investigate its symmetry by choosing pairs of points with the same y-value. They then calculate the average of the x-values of these points and discover that not only do all the points have the same x-value, but the average is equal to the...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/folding-parabolas
Graphs of Tangent, Cotangent, Secant, and Cosecant
The goal of this activity is for students to see how the graphs of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant are generated and related to the unit circle. A point is animated around the unit circle as data points are captured to create a scatter plot. Students discover a way to relate each of th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-tangent-cotangent-secant-and-cosecant
Introducing Absolute Value
This activity introduces absolute value from a data value perspective. Students examine data by comparing individual data points to the mean by finding the difference (positive or negative) and the distance from the mean. They then plot the distances vs. the differences and examine the shape of t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/introducing-absolute-value