Areas of Polygons
Use determinants of matrices as a tool to find the areas of triangles and quadrilaterals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/areas-of-polygons
Sums and Difference of Cubes
Factor expressions that are either the sum of cubes or the difference of cubes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sums-and-difference-of-cubes
Inverse Fun
Investigate inverses of functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverse-fun
Standard Form of Quadratic Functions
Use sliders to determine the effect the parameters have upon a quadratic function in standard form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/standard-form-of-quadratic-functions
Zeros of Polynomials
Students graph polynomials to determine the value and number of zeros for a given polynomial.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/zeros-of-polynomials
Matrix Inverses
Modify a 2 X 2 matrix being multiplied by another 2 X 2 matrix until their product is the identity matrix.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matrix-inverses
Hose Problem
Investigating the behaviour of water jets from a hose. Suitable for Year 10 extension or Year 11 students. Graphing parabolas, features of quadratic functions, regression lines. Using TI-Nspire.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hose-problem
Maximizing the Area of a Garden
In this activity, students explore the area of a garden with a rectangular shape that is attached to a barn. Exactly three sides of the garden must be fenced. Students will sketch possible gardens and enter their data into a spreadsheet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maximizing-the-area-of-a-garden
Max Area, Fixed Perimeter
The student will use a rectangle of fixed perimeter to find the dimensions of the rectangle of maximum area.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/max-area-fixed-perimeter
Graphing Exponentials
Investigate the graphs of the family of exponential functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-exponentials
Matrix Transformations
Grab vertices of a polygon undergoing reflections and rotations in the coordinate plane to determine the transformation’s type.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matrix-transformations
Coded Messages
Determine the product of two matrices and calculate the inverse of the 2 X 2 matrix.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/coded-messages
Discriminant Testing
Discover the relationship between the value of the discriminant and the nature of the roots of quadratic functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discriminant-testing
Dilations with Matrices
In this activity, students will use matrices to perform dilations centered at the origin of triangles. Students will explore the effect of the scale factor on the size relationship between the preimage and image of a polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dilations-with-matrices_1
Graph Logarithms
Investigate the graphs of a family of logarithm functions by changing the a-value over the internal 0 to 4.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graph-logarithms
Transformations: Translating Functions
Translate different types of function graphs using sliders.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-translating-functions
Exploring Power Functions 2
Investigate power functions by clicking on a slider.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-power-functions-2
Exploring Power Functions 1
Examine the graphs of power functions with even and odd positive integer exponents.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-power-functions-1
Application of Polynomials
Students use the volume formula to find cubic polynomials in order to determine the dimensions of four different-size boxes used for packaging trash bags.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-polynomials
Analyzing an Electricity Bill
This investigation guides the students through using a piecewise function to model an electric bill.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/analyzing-an-electricity-bill
Watch Your P' and Q's
Students use the Rational Zero Theorem to find all rational zeros of a polynomial.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watch-your-p-and-qs
Functions and Inverses
Grab and drag a point along graphs of different functions to determine the relationship of ordered pairs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/functions-and-inverses
Vertex and Factored Form of Quadratic Functions
Determine the effect of parameters have upon the graph of the quadratic function in vertex and factored form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vertex-and-factored-form-of-quadratic-functions
Birthday Problem
Investigate the probability of two people having the same birthday in a crowd of a given size.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/birthday-problem
The Park Problem
The goal of this activity is for students to see a real world application of a minimization problem. Students have to determine where to place a track inside a park to minimize the total distance of the track in Lazy Town.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-park-problem