TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...itch circuit diagram. Unit 3: Setting Analog Output — “Make a Mood Light.” Students will control the color output of a red-green-blue LED light by coding the mixing of the primary colors to create an output color of their choice. Unit 3: Mood lamp circuit diagram. Unit 4: Get...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
...s hanging off the table. (Be sure you do not mistakenly hit your hand on the table!) The stick will likely break. How it works: The paper, by itself, weighs very little. You can try another variation to prove this by crumpling the paper into a ball and setting it on the part of the sti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
Every student encounters algebraic concepts in their mathematics career. As teachers, it can sometimes be hard to help students grasp concepts they find abstract in nature. Technology can help by demonstrating those concepts in a new and intriguing way. By involving dynamic visualization and int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
...op of the bottle and past the egg. Because the fire burns up the oxygen inside the bottle quickly, and the egg is acting to stop any incoming air by acting as a seal, the air pressure inside the bottle quickly becomes less than the air pressure outside the bottle and above the egg. The d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...m will receive a calculator (either TI-84 Plus or TI-Nspire CX) and a TI-Innovator Hub. The TI-Innovator Hub is a microcontroller that is programmed by the calculator. It has a built-in brightness sensor, RGB LED, red LED and speaker. With just the TI-Innovator Hub, you can build a smart night ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...lp. There are so many people older than you that have experienced so much more and can help you through the teaching process. You don't have to do it by yourself. You don't have to always reinvent the wheel, especially in the beginning, because it's going to take you about five or six years to be...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
... used to get to know your students. Take the time to learn their names, interests, personalities and learning styles. Being able to address a student by name and by using the correct pronunciation is an easy way to show that you care about them. Play the name game by having each student pick a po...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
#NCTMregionals Seattle 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Seattle. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff TI Exhibitor Workshops at #NCTMreg...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/nctm-seattle
Let’s Get Back to the Basics
...ut and answer key here. In the Back to the Basics Calculator Activity, students are required to challenge themselves with high-level problem-solving by graphing functions and equations, interpreting tables of values and evaluating expressions. This activity is designed for algebra I and intend...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtothebasicsactivity
Going Back to School With Stations
...m that will enable a classmate to guess their birthdate. Sample of the birthdate coding program. Grab the station activities here. By starting the year off with station activities, you can set the stage for the rest of the school year. As mentioned earlier, stations can also be...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschool_stations
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...became the go-to student when others needed help with their own programming assignments. Mr. Cichoracki pushed me even further out of my comfort zone by urging me to join Mathletes as the school’s oralist representative. In this competition, I regularly earned first place explaining complex mathe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
Best of Biology
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Give me Five
In this activity, students will discuss and describe the center and spread of a univariate data set by way of a five number summary and visually by a box & whisker diagram. Students will then apply this knowledge to real life applications to enhance their ability to understand this math in stat...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-give-me-five
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...our first-year teaching self? Calm down, don't take yourself too seriously, and most importantly, remember that you’re teaching students — not math. By this, I mean that focusing on building relationships with students is much more important than teaching rigorous math lessons. It doesn’t matter...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?
...ther than graphing and calculating. To answer this question, let’s take a look at a few of the Science Practices for AP® science courses as published by the College Board®. Within each practice, there are examples of how a Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator can help students achieve the o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/graphingcalculatorsapproved
Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
...me, but investigate smaller and smaller horizontal x ranges centered at 0. You can set up a TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator for horizontal zooming by going to the Zoom Memory menu and setting the Y Zoom Factor (YFact) to 1. You can zoom horizontally on a TI-Nspire™ graphing calculator by hold...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs
Mission Celebration: Use Math to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
...t rates of change and linear functions. Fuel for the Fire also includes a game that challenges students to land a spacecraft on the moon. Developed by NASA and TI, The Search for STEMnauts activities challenge students to solve the riddles of space at the speed of fun. Another one of my fav...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/july/missioncelebration
Solution 12013: Resolving the "Does Not Exist" Error When Using the Start-Up Customization App on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus.
...he Start-Up Customization app off, follow the steps provided below: 1) Press [APPS], scroll down to "Start-up" and press [enter].2) Press [ENTER] to bypass the Start-Up Customization "splash" screen.3) Select "OFF" for the "DISPLAY" option and press [ENTER].4) Scroll down to "FINISH" and press [...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/12013
Solution 18889: Notifications When a Package has been Received at the Service Department.
...of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Will I get a notification once my package has been received by the service department? The service department and Customer Service Professionals do not have the ability to send out notifications of incoming...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/warranty-replacement-options/18889
Solution 12065: nSolve() (Numeric Solve) Function Algorithm for the TI-89 Family, TI-92 Family, Voyage 200 and TI-Nspire™ CAS Family Products.
...pire™ family of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search What is the nSolve() (numeric solve) function algorithm used by the TI-89 family, TI-92 family, Voyage 200 and TI-Nspire CAS family products? The algorithm used for nSolve() by the TI-89 family, TI-92 famil...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-nspire-family/product-usage/12065
Solution 34793: Calculating the GCD() (Greatest Common Divisor) on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
...proper syntax for the gcd() functions are listed below. gcd(valueA,valueB) gcd({listA},{listB}) gcd({list}, value) The gcd() function can be located by following the keystrokes provided below. To find gcd of two values: • Press [MATH] [►] [9]. • Press [2] [5] [,]. • Press [1] [2] [5]. • Press [...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/34793
Solution 34775: Displaying Input and Output in Line Wrap on the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
...View, TI-34 MultiView, etc) display the input and output as well. Below are screenshots with this feature enabled: This feature can be disabled by switching to CLASSIC mode using the steps below: 1) Press [MODE]. 2) Using the arrow keys, highlight the MATHPRINT option. 3) Press the [right ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/34775
Solution 12032: Making Graphics Appear In the Start-Up Customization App on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus.
... and then press the [ENTER] to select Start-Up. • Next press any key on the calculator to get into the App. • Switch the display setting to ON by highlighting this option and pressing the [ENTER] key and next set the Type setting to PIC by highlighting it and pressing the [ENTER] key. ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/12032
Solution 37036: Which TI graphing calculators will TI Connect CE™ Software support?
Solution 37036: Which TI graphing calculators will TI Connect CE™ Software support? Solution 37036: Which TI graphing calculators will TI Connect CE™ Software support? global Solution 37036: Which TI graphing calculators will TI Connect CE™ Software support? website ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/37036
Solution 11822: Algorithm Used for the propFrac() Function on the TI-89 Family, TI-92 Family, and Voyage™ 200 Graphing Calculators.
... Home | Other Graphing Calculator products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search What is algorithm used by the propFrac() function on the TI-89 family, TI-92 family, and Voyage 200 graphing calculators? The propFrac() function uses polynomial divisio...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/other-graphing/product-usage/11822