Betweenness and the Sum of Parts
In this activity, students' will explore the concepts of betweenness and the sum of parts visually, geometrically, and numerically for segments and angles using the Cabri® Jr. application. They will investigate how the sum of parts equals the whole.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/betweenness-and-the-sum-of-parts
Loans and Mortgages
In this activity, students perform financial computations, involving loans, their repayment and mortgages used as security for the repayment of a loan.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/loans-and-mortgages
House
Students use the Cabri Geometry™ II Plus software to invert, rotate and dilate a figure.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/house
Congruent Triangles
Explore the results when a new triangle is created from an original triangle using the SSS, SAS, and ASA sets of conditions for congruence. In doing so, they will use the Cabri Jr. Compass tool to copy a segment and the Rotation tool to copy an angle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/congruent-triangles_3
Pythagorean Theorem with Equation Solver
Students will represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pythagorean-theorem-with-equation-solver
Inscribed Angles Intercepting The Same Arc
Students investigate the properties of angles inscribed in a circle. They use the drawing and measurement tools of Cabri™ Jr. to draw and measure certain angles, and establish the relationship between angles that intercept the same arc. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-angles-intercepting-the-same-arc
Prodigious! Quadratics and Free Fall Motion
Uses the movie "October Sky" as an introduction to the study of free fall motion functions. Acts a summation activity to a quadratic unit in Algebra Solve quadratic equations by graphing, factoring, and the quadratic formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/prodigious-quadratics-and-free-fall-motion
Inscribing a Circle in a Triangle
In this activity, students bisect the angles of a triangle and find the incenter of the triangle. They find the distance from the incenter to the side of the triangle and use it as radius. With the incenter as the center, they inscribe a circle in a triangle. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Anal...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribing-a-circle-in-a-triangle
Placement of Lines
Using Activity Center, students will submit equations of lines that are parallel, perpendicular, intersecting but not perpendicular or coincident to the given line. Lines from Activity Center appear both on the screen and the graphing calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/placement-of-lines
Constructing the Diameter of a Circle
Given a circle, students will construct a diameter of the circle. They will use the following theorem: In the same circle, if one chord is a perpendicular bisector of another chord, then the first chord is a diameter.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constructing-the-diameter-of-a-circle
Constructing Triangles
This activity focuses on the various ways to construct the different types of triangles such as isosceles, equilateral, right, and right isosceles triangles. Students will begin by constructing triangles based on a minimal definition of the shape of the triangle. They will then make constructions...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constructing-triangles
Polynomial Addition, Subtraction
This StudyCards™ stack teaches that, when linear functions are added, the slope of the sum is equal to the sum of the slopes, likewise for y-intercepts. Includes quadratic and up polynomials. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 3.2.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-addition-subtraction
Polynomial Function and Fitting a Curve
Students are asked to fit a polynomial function for the four given points. One y-intercept and three x-intercepts. All intercepts are given as integers. This is document that can be used as a class opener or for checking understanding.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-function-and-fitting-a-curve
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Finders Keepers" - Barging In
In "Finders Keepers," the body of a diver is found in the ocean. The body is traced to a salvage barge that has a bloody handprint on it. After further investigation, it is discovered that the blood is not from the dead diver, but someone else murdered on the barge. In order to find the other vic...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--finders-keepers--barging-in
Polynomial Multiplication
This StudyCards™ set shows that the product of linear functions (polynomial) is usually quadratic. Students discover the exact product and more traditional methods for multiplying polynomials. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 3.3.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-multiplication
Coordinate Geometry - Circles
In this activity, students investigate the relationship between the coordinates of a point on the circle, radius of a circle, and the values in the equation of the circle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/coordinate-geometry--circles
Scientific Operations
This StudyCards™ set is a guided discovery of the four operations with numbers in scientific notation. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 1-4.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scientific-operations
Copying an Angle
Explore relationships (including congruence and similarity) among classes of two- and three-dimensional geometric objects, make and test conjectures about them, and solve problems involving them. Bullet 1 Construct an angle and find it's degree measure.Bullet 2 Use the Compass tool to replicate t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/copying-an-angle
Circles in the Plane
In this activity, students will use the Cabri™ Jr. application to explore circles in a plane. They will investigate the relationship between the equation of a circle, the length of its radius, and the coordinates of its center.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circles-in-the-plane
NUMB3RS - Season 2 -"Hot Shot" - A Stab in the Dark
In "Hot Shot," two victims of a possible serial criminal are found. Charlie uses kernel density estimation as a method for predicting a change in behavior to indicate a connection between the victims and the criminal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2-hot-shot--a-stab-in-the-dark
Shark Attack
Students use the Transformation Graphing application to separate what effect each change in the Point-Slope equation has on the graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shark-attack
Circumscribing a Circle About a Triangle
In this activity, students use the distance of the circumcenter of a triangle to each vertex of the triangle as the radius and draw a circle using the circumcenter as the center. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes and de...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circumscribing-a-circle-about-a-triangle
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Assassin" - Experimenting with Paper Airplanes
In the episode "Assassin," Charlie and Larry discuss a paper airplane contest and some factors that affect the flight of a paper airplane. Because it is much simpler, a paper airplane can be easily modified and then tested to see how those changes affect its flight.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--assassin--experimenting-with-paper-airplanes
Classifying A Triangles by Their Angle Measure using Cabri Jr.
This activity uses Cabri Jr.™ to classify triangles according to their angle measure.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/classifying-a-triangles-by-their-angle-measure-using-cabri-jr
Multiplication of Integers
Students use StudyCards(tm) to practice completing multiplication equations that include positive and negative integers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiplication-of-integers