How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...to engage with STEM. We’re fresh off a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center where we went to chat with astronaut Joe Acaba, who has logged a total of 306 days in space on three missions. Check it out: Meet a NASA Astronaut. Next month we’ll be visiting the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas’ brand-ne...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
On the first day of school, I will interact with five classes of 30-35 students each. It is important to greet students at the door and set a tone that facilitates learning and establishes classroom routines. In my world, the first day of class is only 25 minutes―not much time to take roll and g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...because it will slow you down. 2. Know the Test The Math-Calculator section of the SAT® exam is 55 minutes long and contains 38 questions. There are 30 multiple-choice questions, each with four answer choices, and 8 “grid-in” questions with no choices provided. There is also a set of reference ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... Here is the code for the two quadratic functions: Notes about the quadratic code: It may seem strange at first for the range to run from 30 to 50 in the “for loop,” but Python does not allow steps that are not integers. So, if you want to take a small step, you have to be creative. W...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... 4. The number play People are always looking for number patterns and finding them in other numbers. So, if the following ratio 100/9899 = .01010203050813210000 … it is converted into a decimal and the result contains the first eight digits in the Fibonacci sequence. Yep, “Finding Fibo!” again...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...of a podcast, providing anytime, anywhere access to ideas, questions and considerations for growing as a math educator. We keep each episode to about 30-minutes long, knowing that educators’ time is precious and knowing that concise, succinct ideas are appreciated. Why is it “Room To Grow”? We c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...portion of the math section of the ACT.* The questions get more difficult as the problem number increases, so you should aim to do questions #1-20 in 30 seconds each, #20-40 in 60 seconds each, and #40- 60 in 90 seconds each, on average. You can use your TI graphing calculator to work through pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
...nly receive a holiday gift package but will also receive a TI-84 calculator and our famously festive holiday sweater! The sweepstakes begin on Nov. 30 at 9am CT and end on Dec. 16 at 11:59pm CT. Don’t delay — enter the sweepstakes today! Holiday Social Media Contest About the author: Ka...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
.... Hallway “races” are a fun way to practice iteration and selection Give students a list of 20–30 questions and answers for a test bank. For example: questions about your school, simple math problems, states and capitals … something that make...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...n extend this model to illustrate Le Chatelier’s Principle. Students establish a system in equilibrium using case #1 and then stress it by adding 20, 30 or 40 more pennies to the system. The results are beautiful. In all three cases, we reach a new equilibrium with different amounts of products c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...ct, “Build a Speaker.” TI will ship enough equipment/supplies for a class to learn how to build and code a working speaker. The loan is usually about 30 days long, and TI will cover shipping expenses to you and back to TI. If you are interested, contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com for mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
... 11: Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers — Session 11 Presentation Fall ’21 sessions to watch on demand Nov. 30: FTC (Fundamental Theorem of Calculus) Problem Set // Solution Set --> Sept. 13: Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers —...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
... 6, and 2 and 5 are factors of 10, the least common denominator can be determined by multiplying the unique factors that make up each number, 2*3*5 = 30. More examples should be explored for students to confirm the observed pattern. Now, let’s observe the power of CAS to help build on previous...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Ingenuity-takes-flight
...ve already been significantly expanded. A fifth successful flight was its first one-way journey from Wright Brothers Field to a new “airfield” about 130 meters to the south. This demonstration phase will focus on the capabilities a rotorcraft operating from Mars can provide, including scouting, a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
... temper this wonderful stat with some of the challenges we still face. The same survey found that 24 percent of kids hate or dislike math and another 30 percent were indifferent to math. I don’t dwell on the negative, instead focusing on what we can do to grow math love. As a parent, longtime e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
The Long Road to My STEM Career
... we keep their interest and extend it into a career in STEM? In the same Microsoft® study, when asked to describe a typical person in a STEM career, 30% of girls said they envision a man in these roles. These girls are telling us that they don’t think they belong, and STEM isn’t for them. We ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
One of the keys to doing well on the ACT® math exam is to be open to solving problems in non-traditional ways. The average ACT® score of the students at my school is a 30. Many of my students, who could solve problems the traditional way, choose alternative methods that might be faster or easie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
...chnology. In this role, she promotes professional development opportunities using TI technology to educators to support student success. Schiller has 30 years of experience in marketing, public relations and event planning in technology and education markets. Is professional learning one of y...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...e values for a and b, and then insert the summation template. Using the values from the function in Figure 7, for example, we get a total time of T=3,301 ms or 3.301 sec. In other words, our model shows that it would take a finite amount of time for an infinite number of bounces. These mathemati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Question-9
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Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
This is part 1 in a three-part series from the author on creating teachable moments. It was almost 30 years ago, but it was one of those teaching moments indelibly etched in my memory. I had been assigned to teach introductory calculus, a course I had taught often, but on this day there was a n...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs
Mission Celebration: Use Math to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
... flying into a field of car-sized boulders. Armstrong calmly guided the Eagle landing module to a safe area, beyond the boulder field, with less than 30 seconds of fuel left in the tank. This was an incredible feat of skill and bravery. In a joint mission from NASA and Texas Instruments (TI), ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/july/missioncelebration
Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM
...ion, beginning at our 31st annual Teachers Teaching with Technology™ (T³™) International Conference in Baltimore. But the truth is that, for the past 30 years, we’ve worked with educators and professional associations to help give students a solid foundation in math and science to set them up for...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/mathmadness
Tutorials
...pstart your TI technology experience with helpful tutorials and tips from companies like Hotmath and Hoonuit Professional Learning. Tutorial for TI-30XS Multiview These QuickTime tutorials for the BA II PLUS and BA II PLUS Professional calculators walk you through a variety of topi...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/tutorials
Excretory System
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review the vocabulary encountered when studying the excretory system.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/excretory-system