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Trigonometric Ratios

Students discover the trigonometric ratios through measuring the side lengths of similar triangles and calculating their ratios. The formal definitions of the sine, cosine, and tangent or an angle are presented and applied to find the missing side lengths.
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Creating Boxes

Students graph the relationship between the length of the sides of the cut-out squares and the volume of the resulting box. They trace the graph to decide the best square-size which can result in a box of maximum volume.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/creating-boxes

Zooooooom!

This activity uses times collected for a radio control car traveling certain distances to create a regression line to analyze and discuss as a class. If the car(s) cannot be obtained, you can use students to run the distances.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/zooooooom

Building a Garden Fence

In this activity, students will use basic concepts of perimeter and area to investigate a classic problem situation requiring maximization. They must decide how to build a garden fence to enclose the largest possible area.
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Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Students analyze univariate and bivariate data.
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Compound Interest: Show Me the Money

This is an activity at the conclusion of the exponential relationship unit where students have experience with equations in the form y=a*b^x. Students use the random integer function on the TI-83 Plus to generate a rate of return for the investment profile they choose.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/compound-interest-show-me-the-money

Guppies and Frogs

In this activity, students will create equations with two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities. They will also graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/guppies-and-frogs

e – The Natural Number Coding Challenge

Celebrate the natural number by having your students write a program to approximate e. Students will apply a convergent series to approximate e. 
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/e-the-natural-number-coding-challenge

Boats in Motion

Students explore the motion of a boat going up and down the river. They will be instructed to solve the resulting system of equations algebraically and graphically.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/boats-in-motion

Retirement Planning

In this activity, students will explore financial planning. They will consider the money they could have in retirement, as well as understand how much of their nest egg can be taken away by investment fees.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/retirement-planning

On Ramp to Robotics Unit 2- Sensing

Students will explore the fundamentals of using sensors to control the TI-Innovator™ Rover. 
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/on-ramp-to-robotics-unit-2@-sensing

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.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cell-phone-range

Code The Anthem

Students are challenged to code the national anthem and simulate a flyover using the TI-84 Plus CE and the TI-Innovator Hub
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/code-the-anthem

Approaching the Golden Ratio

Students will observe that the ratio of consecutive terms in all Fibonacci-like sequences approaches the Golden Ratio.
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The Impossible Task

Students are given a manufacturing situation and asked to write and graph an inequalities to represent it and find the solutions.
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Mapping Success

In this activity, students will load a background image of a map and use the scale on the map to estimate distances.
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Testing for Truth

Students identify whether points lie within a shaded region that is bounded by linear inequalities.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/testing-for-truth

Probability

Activity will prompt user for the x-coordinate and y-coordinate of a starting point that lives in QuadranI. In other words, one must enter a value, for each, between 0 and 1, say 0.2 for x and 0.5 for y.
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Data Collection for Bar Graphs

Students collect data outside of the classroom, organize their information into a bar graph within their groups, and then contribute their data to Navigator in the form of 2 lists to view and discuss as a class
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/data-collection-for-bar-graphs

Graphing linear equations in slope-intercept form

See attached
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Going Into Business

Students will work through a scenario of a business venture involving washing dogs.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/going-into-business

Multiplying and Dividing Monomials

Students should know how to multiply and divide monomials.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiplying-and-dividing-monomials

Multiplying Monomials

This is an examination (quiz) on multiplying monomials.
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REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity: Air Traffic Control

In this lesson, students will model and solve air traffic control problems with geometry software. The Cabri Jr. application will be used to construct a model of the problem situation and concepts from trigonometry and proportions are then applied to find the solution.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/real-life-real-world-activity-air-traffic-control

Graphing Systems at the Races

This activity involves solving a system of equations created from a problem I wrote about a greyhound racing to catch a toy rabbit on a mechanical arm. The ending activity involves solving a similar system, only involving another problem I wrote based on the end of a NASCAR race.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-systems-at-the-races