5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
...aging a classroom. Here are the top five approaches, featuring a few unique styles and techniques, they shared for managing a math classroom. 1. Relationship building and engagement Hands down, the most popular approach our teacher community shared was relationship building. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...omedical or chemical engineering, because she felt those fields tend to have more women in them. In her freshman year, she had to take Engineering 101. “That’s when I got exposed to coding,” she paused and then laughed. “I did not even know what coding was. I thought it was used only for hacki...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer | TI
...r suggestions to help fight off that “summer slide” with ideas to enrich students’ time off from traditional learning (ahem, school). 1. Introduce a coding challenge! Did you know that TI leads a formal coding contest every spring? The TI Codes Contest - 2023 edition has just...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/keep-students-learning-all-summer
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
...n we make more or fewer points? r is the number of revolutions made to complete a star polygon. How many points on a star does the value r= int(n/2) create? What would happen if you made this value smaller? Would you get more or fewer points? Next, change and customize your star display ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
Welcome to a classroom located in Anywhere, U.S.A. Teacher: “What’s the answer to #5?” Student A: “12!” Teacher: “Correct! How about the answer to #6?” Student B: “3!” Teacher: “Nice! #7?” Student C: “-4” Teacher: “Not quite. Anyone else?” Student A: “4” Teacher: “Excellent! #8?” This cont...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
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How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes | Texas Instruments
...as who pays the taxes on the funding. So before submitting your proposal, read everything and follow any and all instructions. Mistake #1: Not applying! Whether the excuse is "it’s too much work," or "I don't have enough time," or "I'm not qualified," the worst mistake educators ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-common-grant-writing-mistakes
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... or even community-wide, trash cleanups. Items collected during a trash cleanup. Here is a great activity to try with your students: #1. Mr. Trash Wheel Project As a former classroom teacher, I found that using issues my students can visualize in their own communities really engag...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Fan’s Favorite Features on TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...e most popular features teachers highlighted as their personal favorites. Did yours make the list? Maybe you will find something new! 1. Graphing connections Our teacher community agrees, one of the greatest aspects of the TI-84 Plus CE is how it makes math jump to life in ways...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/five-fan-favorite-features-ti84plus
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...istance into a frequency. #Coding in #python during #CSEdWeek2022 pic.twitter.com/TyOtQj8hjk— Mr. Posnanski (@POSitive_MATH) December 9, 2022 1. Activity objectives, materials and notes Build a STEM Slide Whistle Lesson objective: Use sensor input to cont...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Webinar | Algebra II: Graphing and Modeling With TI-Nspire™ CX Technology
... T³™ Professional Development | For Teachers and Teams | Online Learning | Live T³™ Webinars When: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | 7 p.m. Central time Technology: TI‑Nspire™ Series Presenters: Chris Atkinson, Sean Bird Algebra 2: Graphing and Modeling With TI-Nspire...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2024/oct-22-algebra-ii-graphing-and-modeling--with-ti-nspire
Computer Science | Cybersecurity Activities | Texas Instruments
...o:bits and your TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators. Get your classroom ready for cybersecurity activities 1. Update your technology Download the latest firmware for your micro:bits and install the required Python module on your TI graphing calculators. ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science/cybersecurity
Exploring Circle Equations
Students explore the equation of a circle by connecting the coordinates of the center of the circle and the length of the radius to the corresponding parts of the equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-circle-equations
Running Circles Around Quads
Students explore various properties of cyclic quadrilaterals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/running-circles-around-quads_1
Properties of Parallelograms - 1
Students explore the various properties of parallelograms and the necessary and sufficient conditions that guarantee that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms_1
Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to requests for relief from natural and other disasters
Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to requests for relief from natural and other disasters Good360, disaster Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to requests for relief from natural and other disasters global Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to req...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/all-other-products/general-information/39176
Forensics Case 8 - No Dumping: Using soil characteristics to link suspects to a crime scene
In this activity, students measure pH, conductivity, and water absorbency of different samples of soil. They use these characteristic properties to identify soil samples. They use the physical and chemical characteristics of soil samples collected from suspects to determine whether a suspect had ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-8--no-dumping-using-soil-characteristics-to-link-suspects-to-a-crime-scene
Forensics Case 11 - Ashes to Ashes: Using evaporation rate to identify an unknown liquid
In this activity, students understand that evaporation rate is a characteristic property of a liquid. Based on this fact, they identify the solution and the likely accelerant in a case of arson. They compare the evaporation rates of the accelerants found with the suspects with those near the crim...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-11--ashes-to-ashes-using-evaporation-rate-to-identify-an-unknown-liquid
I'm Melting, I'm Melting
Students will use the Vernier EasyTemp© temperature sensor to determine the change in thermal energy for a given mass of ice, the heat of fusion of ice, and percent error.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/im-melting-im-melting
NASA - Weightless Wonder
In this activity, students explore quadratic functions through the real-world example of weightless flight and the gravitational pull of the earth on objects in orbit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--weightless-wonder
Forensics Case 5 - The Ink Is Still Wet: Using colorimetry to identify an unknown ink
In this activity, students identify the ink of a ransom note to match suspects. They identify an unknown ink by its light absorbance characteristics. The experiment set up used is to measure a solutions absorbance of different colors (wavelengths) of light.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-5--the-ink-is-still-wet-using-colorimetry-to-identify-an-unknown-ink
Forensics Case 6 - Measuring Momentum: Using distance moved after impact to estimate velocity
This activity introduces the concept of momentum as it applies to vehicle collisions. Students accurately gather data of collision of a vehicle with a stationary object, and establish a relationship between the distance an object moves after a collision with a vehicle and the momentum of the vehi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-6--measuring-momentum-using-distance-moved-after-impact-to-estimate-velocity
Forensics Case 12 - Hit and Run: Using information from an event data recorder to reconstruct an ac
Students learn how distance traveled, velocity, and acceleration are related to one another and how the appearance of an acceleration, velocity, or distance vs. time graph can be used to predict the appearance of the other graphs. They show how accident scenes can be recreated through an analysis...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-12--hit-and-run-using-information-from-an-event-data-recorder-to-reconstruct-an-ac
Get on the Stick (Biology Applications)
Students use a motion detector to the measure the reaction time of other students. They graph the data from trials conducted in the class and analyze trends. They then calculate drop distance from reaction time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/get-on-the-stick-biology-applications
Expanding -- Using CAS
This is a group work activity that allows students to use the CAS capabilities of the TI-Nspire to explore patterns emerging from the product of two binomials.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/expanding--using-cas