roboticsweek2021
... Week, I wanted to introduce you to the Electronics Online Challenge that was part of the VEX Robotics competition season. This teardown contest was organized by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (with Texas Instruments [TI] as a proud sponsor). But, while the contest is over, this ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
...ewski recommend arranging students in a circle so that they can see one another. And this way, it doesn’t promote that idea of one person being in charge, you are all in this together. The math teachers and certified yoga instructors also suggest playing some calming music during the session to a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
... will then be able to conclude that un is the Fibonacci sequence. The proof does not require advanced algebraic skills — one needs to be careful and organized. This is a good exercise for some of your students. The explicit formula for the nth term of the Fibonacci sequence given in (6) is know...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...iting presence While I am a sucker for bright bulletin boards and a motivational quote, you create your classroom environment. Smile — a lot. Your energy is contagious, and while it is important to set and maintain clear rules and expectations, positive energy always wins. Feeling welcomed, value...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...ts, or fellow teachers, and it’s clear he has quickly become a campus favorite. “Mr. O is a really fun teacher to have because he always keeps the energy up in the classroom, so you’re never bored, even when you are doing complex math problems,” said Perry High School senior Olivia Lane. “I like ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...otted the data on the calculator. We would then find a function to model the decay. This class activity was a quick, high-energy simulation that explored exponential decay and modeling. While the exploration is interactive and uses classroom-collected data, it takes a lot...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...dheld, access the Factor tool from the algebra menu and type factor(300) like in figure 4, then press enter. There's my factor tree (and it’s better organized to simplify a radical at that). Now, on the next line type √300. By asking students to explain how the factors of 300 relate to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...wer equations using my TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator to determine proper voltage/amperage for various tools for the fab, and I use it for cost/energy savings projects. Having such a useful tool truly makes a difference in my day-to-day activities at Texas Instruments, and I’m fortunate that I...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...y’ll make real-world connections by understanding how infections can spread through populations and ways society can suffer the effects of new and emerging viruses like we’ve witnessed with COVID-19. See humans turn to zombies on your graphing calculator. This activity also explore...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
... 17-year-old high school senior, contracted COVID-19 along with her entire family over the summer, resulting in her father dying from it. Her father urged her to get her education, and she wanted a TI-84 Plus CE to help with her math classes in high school and college. Calderon knows that g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...tice on the football field. At the start of practice, the band director sent the boys back to the band room to retrieve something he pretended to forget. Putterman and the “TI Prize Patrol” arranged for balloons spelling M-A-T-H and the marching band to shout “surprise” when the boys returned. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...hem complete a badge already in progress, or simply create a fun, engaging STEM event, like our STEM Squad. We will do our best to support requests large and small. For example, this April, my colleague, Beth Smith, will help Girl Scouts of West Central Florida earn their Coding Basics badge by...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
... calculator, students program their robotic vehicles to drive to different places in Math-hattan, like a football stadium, the park or an electric charging station. Talk about a crash course in programming! Most of the kids have no prior experience and leave as confident programmers. “It’s not re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
... can’t see. Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas and Texas Instruments (TI) and the TI Foundation are partnering to change that. As a company comprised largely of engineers, Texas Instruments is highly invested in increasing students’ STEM competencies, especially as we look to hire within our local ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...e is essential for getting the most out of this video resource. It contains direct links to the YouTube videos for every function and transformation organized by parent function, saving you and your students time. This is very effective in planning investigations as it also includes a listing of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
It’s Computer Science Education Week, an annual event for partners and educators to come together and encourage students to try computer science. In 2015, I was introduced to coding with students when I became part of an after-school organization with a team of teachers, students and professi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
StatisticsOfficeHours
...registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Curtis Brown currently works as the Math Segment manager at Texas Instruments. He taught mathematics and AP® Statistic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...ink about teaching and learning math, some foundational ideas should come first. I’ll echo what flight attendants remind us during the review of emergency procedures before a flight: “Secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others.” In other words, take care of yourself first. Many teacher...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
... their exam. Make sure students know what day it is today and every day up to the day of the test. I have a few students that tell me that they forgot to do an assignment or attend an online class because they forgot what day it was or didn’t realize the time. Set a countdown reminder for...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Curtis Brown currently works as the Math Segment manager at Texas Instruments. He taught mathematics and AP® Statistics fo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
To STEM and Beyond!
... students. Being a chemistry teacher, my programming background knowledge and skills were limited to a Fortran programming class way back in my undergraduate program. I was first introduced to TI technology for my chemistry classes as a data-collection solution and interactive simulation, so I ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...culate the volume of these tiny little bundles of life. Find out why bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to your cells. And, don't forget to check out the new “P³ — Puppies, Probability and Pi” "World of Pi" webinar for additional ways TI technology can be used to explore pi in r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ddle school through high school to STEM and basic engineering. For example, students can learn how to program an alarm that alerts an owner if they forget their pet in a hot car. Or, kids can experiment with robotics as they learn to program our calculator-controlled robotic car, Rover, to naviga...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...nts. What advice would you give to your first-year teaching self? Don't be so hard on yourself. Even if you make mistakes, which I still do, be forgiving of yourself and then be transparent with your students so that you are a role model for them. "The other thing I would say is, don’t giv...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth