mathyoga
...f our favorite math educators, Perry High School teachers Ashley Meinke and David Olszewski, to introduce you to math yoga. So, grab a yoga mat, some comfortable clothes, a water bottle, and let’s celebrate International Day of Yoga by exploring yoga’s flexibility in math class. Why math yoga,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
How to Start the Year on a Math High
As we settle into the new school year, we find ourselves in the perfect position to set the tone in our math classes. We’ve all experienced students who are hesitant learners — they come in with the mindset that they hate math or aren’t good enough to make it through the school year. If this att...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...ncepts by exploring chemistry and life sciences principles and observing processes, such as titration, all while designing experiments, predicting outcomes and testing hypotheses. Download all the files you need in an instant. Run this way. 2. Will creepy, crawly maggots lead you to the answ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
Texas Instruments (TI) teamed up with NASA earlier this year to host the TI Codes Contest, where students could compete in teams to put their programming, problem-solving and creativity into practice in a space-themed challenge. We asked students to think of ways to improve a process or product...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
Over the past month, students have seen games, light sequences, scales and even familiar songs come to life during ShadOnline. Hundreds of ShadOnline participants solved coding problems virtually during Texas Instruments’ innovative workshops. Whether it was running a program p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...but is certainly exacerbated by the pandemic: teaching students with unfinished learning from previous grades. Some key principles can help make this complicated situation more manageable. But before we think about teaching and learning math, some foundational ideas should come first. I’ll echo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... in previous years, but if you look carefully, it was there. For instance, many students learned self-discipline by participating in virtual lessons, completing assignments and managing their time in ways that “regular school” didn’t require. Some students learned that they could engage with cont...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...same interest and confidence in math and science, so when an opportunity to partner with Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) came to my attention combining all of these things, I threw my heart and head into this project to make it happen. It is such a joyful event when different aspects of m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...26 ... There’s more pi where that came from We have plenty of Pi Day activities using your TI graphing calculator. Here are two of our favorites: Comparing Pi and Roots In this middle school math activity, students explore how the Pythagorean (or, should it be “pi-thagorean”?) Theorem and the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
We’re celebrating teachers, like you, who make a difference in the classroom. This month, join us in getting to know Alice Fisher, an AP computer science teacher from Houston, who collaborates with professors from Rice University to integrate art into coding. Fast Facts About Alice: TEACHES...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...es―not much time to take roll and get to know students. I have tried a variety of ways to put students into assigned seats the first week of school. Compared to how I assign seats after the first unit test, my methods for those first days when I don’t know students names are dramatically differe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
We’re celebrating teachers, like you, who make a difference in the classroom. This month, join us in getting to know Fatemia Fuson, a graphic designer turned math and computer science teacher. Fast Facts About Fatemia: TEACHES WHAT: AP Calculus, College Algebra, Trigonometry, AP Computer Scienc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...ollect data on the chemical phenomena helps them to “see” how these particles interact and react while making learning fun and teaching them how to become scientists. In 2015, I attended the T³™ International Conference in Philadelphia. At this conference, I was first introduced to TI technol...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
On Wednesday, September 19, Texas Instruments Education (@TICalculators) is hosting a Women in STEM Twitter Chat! Our goal is connect you to the awesome #WomenInSTEM community, both as a source of inspiration and a well of resources. Our panelists are female engineers, scientists, and mathematic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
Understanding Slope Is More Than Computing It When I first started teaching, I taught algebra I to ninth-graders. My students were similar to most — highly energetic kids that, quite honestly, had more important things on their mind than mathematics. Let’s face it: their understanding of the sl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...ave about the field. While male and female students perform typically the same in science and mathematics classes, females are underrepresented in computer science and engineering classes. As these students continue into the workforce, women make up 47 percent of the total workforce, but only...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
Sure, math probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of music. But, surprisingly, the creative art of music is intimately tied to the structure and logic of math. Some of these concepts are easy to explain, while others are probably better suited for someone professionally...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...include a video consultation with a team of TI experts who answer questions and provide valuable feedback to the teams about their design. Students become immersed in a complete product design experience — an incredibly valuable experience from a real-world perspective. The engineering ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...er or later, but now you can make it easy to keep your students learning key math concepts while you’re away. Bookmark this webpage for when the time comes, and take advantage of these video resources to help make things easier on you and your sub. About the author: Mark Watson is the Sen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...Specialist TEACHES WHERE: Washington County Public Schools in Maryland TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 19 years Katie in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I think it was an ingrained trait in me. I had other family members that were teachers, so it always felt natural to me to be a lea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
Instagram is quickly becoming one of the world’s most popular virtual teacher lounges. Not only is this social media site a hotbed of perfectly proportioned photos, but it also has great ideas, content and classroom inspiration for teachers. From funny facts about teachers’ daily routines to mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
... of the configuration where students wrote code on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator was that they didn’t need to switch applications on their computers between listening to the instruction and writing their programs. They also did not need to install any applications on their home PCs. An...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Who knew math had moves?
Veteran math teacher turned first-year computer science teacher, Katie Brown, wasn’t quite sure what to expect when she learned Texas Instruments was bringing its’ new robotic car, the TI-Innovator Rover, to share with her pre-AP computer science class. But after one 50-minute class period, she ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...omeone who uses pi in the real world. Have students explain why they chose that person and how that person uses pi in their career. Some careers that come to mind include: astronaut, mechanical engineer and carpenter. .1415926…. There’s more Pi where that came from We also have many more pi day ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...w can I (or my students) make my own? Well, these examples are meant to inspire and motivate you and your students to get creative with those little computers. These two projects involving balloons and buttons have a lot of common features: Both use a graphical display Both utilize...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals