ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
...n on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. In this one-hour webinar, we explore the Python coding implementation, discuss the benefits and highlight TI resources that are available for teachers, students and enthusiasts to get you programming with Python today. 6. Visualizing Quadratics | ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...t day I’ve ever had as a teacher,” said Marr, who has been teaching mathematics at Park Vista Community High School for the past 15 years and has taught Southwick for the past two years. “The fact that she is going to be able to go to the U.S. Naval Academy, and I was a small part of that, it’s u...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
..., especially the most reluctant. Here are five ways you can start the year on a math high. 1. Warm and inviting 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 impor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...have the chance to collaborate often, practice vertical alignment and disagree on notation. “We need more educators like him — people willing to fight for change, love math with all their heart, and stand by education as their career for a lifetime,” said Ms. Meinke. With the help of TI, she ar...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...hen you teach students Python, you’ll be introducing them to one of the most widely used programming languages across a variety of industries. You might be asking: Just how can coding be used to enhance math instruction? Let’s look at one possible example: quadratics. We all teach it. What are s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...en back to my middle grade math class where I remember drawing “factor trees” (figure 3). Being the enthused math student, I'm sure I took great delight in breaking down a number into its prime factors, then finding pairs of common factors to help simplify a radical. However, I wonder how much of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...avigate to nspireconnect.ti.com and connect their TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator to their Chromebook™ notebook computer. Sounds easy enough, right? It is. Let’s look at the progression of steps to do this. Getting started is easy. Once they have their calculator connected, t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
... teacher leader and professional learning provider, I have seen the many ways the “system” at every level contributes to these inequities. I have sought to learn and understand the causes and have seen firsthand the effects. Although this work isn’t easy or straightforward, I believe that if stak...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
... the classroom. Take the case. 3. Uncover the truth about the haunting of Dead Man’s Curve The ghostly legend of Biker Bob was born the fateful night when he crossed the centerline at Dead Man’s Curve and skidded into the great beyond. Now a popular TV show claims it has proof the tall tales a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...oncept and prototype in their winning video submission. The concept: A free-floating robot designed to sanitize surfaces on the ISS using UV light. Watch their winning video. The robot uses TI technology to determine its proximity to a wall or obstruction so that it can stop or revers...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...Winners of an event, or sport, will be awarded with a medal comprised of gold and other metals. Students may be surprised by this fact alone! The weight and diameter of each of the medals is as follows: With this information, along with the current gold prices, students can calculate how...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...the importance of STEM in their programming, she said, “At Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland, girls are exposed to areas of STEM education that they might not experience in other places. When girls experience science and technology in a hands-on, minds-on way, they can build confidence in a field t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...nd self-assurance. Our team members are a huge part of the success of these initiatives, as they donate their time to be role models to girls who might not know what they can do in STEM fields, or might not have the confidence to try something new, particularly in a male-dominated field like rob...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...red by watching topics they already know and understand. All students can learn at their own individual pace. About the author: Tom Reardon taught every math course at Fitch High School (Ohio) during his 35-year career, where he received the Presidential Award and attained National Board Ce...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...able skills of problem-solving, teamwork and perseverance were mastered. This is a 10 Minutes of Code, Unit 1 application project: traffic light. Students use the built-in RGB LED and speaker on the TI-Innovator™ Hub to create a timed traffic light that uses lights and sound to signal whe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
StatisticsOfficeHours
...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 for several years. Since starting at TI in 2015, he has led many content development projects including the Math ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...xt coding lesson by helping students write a spooky program. Explore exponential growth with zombies Exponential growth and decay is often taught in the context of human populations, but what about zombie populations? This STEM Behind Hollywood activity explores the concept of exponential ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ons of projects I like to use, and I’m ready to share some of those ideas with you. Do I share projects that are content specific, math intensive, light on coding or coding intensive? How many lines of code are too many? Should it focus on Python to teach math, Python to enhance math or computer ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
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
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
San Antonio calculus teacher Walter Meyer thought he was heading to a meeting about funding for a gardening project, but instead he was surprised with cheerleaders, a marching band and news that he was the latest winner in the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. Walter Meyer s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...earning for students. Rushing through content for the sake of coverage is tempting, but any teacher who has had to remind students what they were taught yesterday, last week, last month or last year can attest that “coverage” does not equal “learning.” Working with colleagues, teachers can determ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...lk” comes into play. Students work together on an assignment with their calculators. Turn-and-talk Just as straightforward as it sounds, turn-and-talk happens immediately after “think time.” Not only do students collaborate about their ideas, but students who ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...tivity. 3. Forces and Motion: Free Body Diagrams This activity has several simulations that let students interact with forces due to weight and normal force on an incline plane. Later in the lesson, students will also adjust for frictional forces. Screenshots from the Free Bod...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...atter if the test is on papers (admin 1 and 2) or online (admin 3), this year the exam follows the typical multiple-choice and free-response format. https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/dates/ap-calculus-ab-exam-administration-1 Make sure that students realize that their answers are going to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
As a child, every new year my dad would ask my sisters and me to write down our New Year’s resolutions. On top of my list was always, “get straight A’s and exercise every day.” To this day, that has never happened. Ever. In 2019, after a lot of life transitions, I discovered that I was frequentl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare