Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
...ce and English teachers that prep students for the ACT® and SAT®. Since becoming the coordinator, our school’s average score has risen from a 28 to a 30 on the ACT®. In fact, we even had two students with perfect scores (36) last year. (Humble test-prep coordinator brag.) I say this because I hop...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...t they won’t quickly look it up, and have them make predictions based upon what they see. What do they predict will be the world record in the year 2030? Use this scatterplot to prompt the following student questions: What do you notice about the men’s and women’s data? What do you th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...learning this year. We will get through this, and will be better educators for it on the other end. About the author: Joanie Funderburk has over 30 years of experience as a math educator, including nearly 20 years as a high school math teacher and ten years in math leadership and professiona...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
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
...ed student should sit. Write numbers corresponding to the desks on the back of the note cards. On the front of each card, write students’ names alongside the hour each will be in class. It works best if you color code the names. (I also leave a space between each hour for those times when I nee...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
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
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
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
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
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
...am. If you are a teacher and are interested in learning more about both the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator and the ACT® exam, check out the offerings in the Professional Development section of education.ti.com. ACT is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc., which does not endorse TI products. P...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
Linearity and Density
Students will perform an activity to determine the density of a metal from a graph of mass versus volumehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linearity-and-density
Forensics Case 13 - Life in the Fast Lane: Using skid marks to determine vehicle speed
Students determine the coefficient of friction between a vehicle and a road surface. They use the length of the skidding distance to determine the speed of a vehicle before its brakes were applied. Students convert between SI units and Imperial units and rearrange equations to solve for different...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-13brlife-in-the-fast-lane-using-skid-marks-to-determine-vehicle-speed
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2022 | Texas Instruments
...is role, she promotes TI graphing technology, resources and professional learning opportunities to educators to support student success. Schiller has 30 years of experience in marketing, public relations and event planning in technology and education markets. AP® is a trademark registered by...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/2022-webinars-top-10
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...art from A0 and go to C8 from left to right. Notice that as you move from left to right, each frequency for a note roughly doubles, for example, B0 = 30.50Hz, B1 = 61.74Hz and B2 = 123.74Hz. 4. Building the slide whistle In this section, students will actually construct the slide whist...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Minimizing Surface Area of a Cylinder Given a Fixed Volume
Students will discover the relationship between radius and height of a cylinder so that surface area of a cylinder can be minimized while maintaining a fixed volume. This is just an introduction to a project that they will begin after this investigation. Once this is completed, they will redesig...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/minimizing-surface-area-of-a-cylinder-given-a-fixed-volume
Factoring Special Cases
Students explore geometric proofs for two factoring rules: a2 + 2ab + b2 = (a + b)2 and x2 – a2 = (x – a)(x + a). Given a set of shapes whose combined areas represent the left-hand expression, they manipulate them to create rectangles whose areas are equal to the right-hand expression.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factoring-special-cases_1
Using Sliders and Parameters in Linear Functions
Students will have the opportunity to see the impact of the slope parameter m on a graph of a line in slope-intercept form by using a slider or by changing the values of the parameter. They will have the same opportunity to manipulate b. Questions follow to determine the degree to which the stude...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-sliders-and-parameters-in-linear-functions
Solving Systems of Equations Check
This is just a Nspire file that affords the teacher some flexibility in terms of approach. It consists of ten problems with simple substitution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-of-equations-check
Perimeter of a Rectangel with Fixed Area
Students will investigate the relationship between the base of a rectangle with area of 35 or 36 and its perimeter.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perimeter-of-a-rectangel-with-fixed-area