Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...hey are part of the solution, you can inspire them to change the world. 1 National Girls Collaborative Project. “Statistics.” https://ngcproject.org/statistics. 2 U.S. Department of Commerce. “Women in STEM: 2017 Update.” https://www.commerce.gov/news/fact-sheets/2017/11/women-stem-2017-upd...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
...zed screen to create scenes like these: Mountain pixel art courtesy of /u/LDR0213. Anime pixel art courtesy of derpibooru.org. With the advancement of technology, the advancement of emojis came along quickly. In doing a quick search on the internet, there is...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...ern California Yeshiva High School, San Diego, California (coached by Debbie Moss) Brookwood BITES — Brookwood High School, Lawrenceville, Georgia (coached by Stephen Griffith) Stiles Middle School — Stiles Middle School, Leander, Texas (coached by Monica Walker) Images ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...anniversary and have been leading Teachers Teaching with Technology™ (T³™) Workshops for almost 20 years. This summer (like many other summers), we organized and led a two-day face-to-face (yay!) T³™ Summer Workshop “Leveraging the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator for ACT® Test Success” which t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
... the thinking process and math behind each problem. What do you love most about teaching? I love getting kids excited about math. However, I have a large population of students that have had so many difficulties. Whether it’s students who have simply been told that they “can’t,” students who have...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
...ical resources that help teachers navigate principles like absolute value and linear functions. Get ready to scroll until your thumbs hurt. Did we forget one of your faves? DM us on Instagram (@TICalculators) and tell us what teacher we should be sure to follow. Need some inspiration for your c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...ith technology is a worthy exercise during learning activities, but by assessment time, students should be able to use the graphing calculator in a targeted manner to effectively solve problems. Set up the Handhelds When using calculator technology on a test or quiz, it is critical that the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...called to be an educator and sought a math teacher’s license through alternative certification. He taught high school math and, in particular, was charged with building the pipeline of Advanced Placement® (AP®) students at his school. This work influenced his thinking about teaching and learning ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...t ... r is the number of revolutions the turtle makes to complete a star polygon. The value int(n/2) gives the “pointiest” stars. Why? If I use a larger or smaller value, then the vertex angles (the points of the stars) will be larger. Either int(n’2 or int(n/2)+1 yield the smallest vertex angl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...the Python list data structure. Teach your students about lists, while bringing a snowstorm indoors. Python list refresher Lists are part of a larger family of Python data structures. Tuples, lists, sets and dictionaries are all similar data structures and each has its own set of special pro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
There’s nothing quite like a newly spruced up classroom to kick off another school year. And we know getting your classroom decorations organized and set up is simply a must for back to school! To help make your classroom glow up easy and FREE, we’ve rounded up a set of awesome resources to fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
The expression “seeing is believing” is usually true. But in science education, many of the concepts can be quite difficult for students to observe because they can be very small, very large, very fast or very slow. So how can we provide students with an experience of science phenomena in the co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...here that initial conversation would take me. To give you a little context to this situation, every seven years, the International Baccalaureate® Organization audits each subjects’ curriculum. Yes! Even IB® exams are not exempt from a seven-year itch! In doing so, they make changes (additions/...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...nkie Valli). From what I have seen since, kids these days are doing it up big time, with creative tactics to really get a “yes” from their intended target. Puppies, doughnuts, balloons, sky writing, and more … but yes, even calculators are being used to make a fun — and unique — promposal to get ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...Engineers work on a variety of projects – from creating solutions for people who have lost limbs to developing medical solutions, such as artificial organs. These problem-solvers are becoming increasingly important as technological breakthroughs continue to use machines to improve the lives of pe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
Did you know Computer Science Education Week is Dec. 5–11, 2022? Looking for new Computer Science activities? Want them all nicely organized in one spot? Have you seen the new computer science resources from Texas Instruments? Now is the perfect time to check it out! As one of the contributing a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
...complex projects or even create your own product. The TI-Innovator Hub is a microcontroller controlled by your graphing calculator. It has a built-in RGB LED and speaker so that you can write a program to play a song, like the Star Spangled Banner, using the speaker on the Hub, and then create a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
It’s summertime — a perfect time to recharge and catch up on some reading. There’s nothing like a good book to expand your mind and inspire. Plus, snuggling into the couch to read is a great way to beat the heat. We’ve gathered a list of seven books that every math teacher can enjoy and maybe ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... in the application (project) from each unit of the 10 Minutes of Code. Below is a picture of Unit 1, Project Traffic Light. Students program an RGB LED on the TI-Innovator™ Hub with pause statements based on a real-world traffic light, providing a sound output when the light is red, and all...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
.... Next, you will need to calculate the slope by inserting the coordinates into the slope formula. Lastly, you will need to display the slope. Don’t forget this last, important step. The code runs exactly what you tell it to do, so if you don’t remember to include “display” it won’t know to displa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...u to the why and how of Mixed Six activities. I happened to be on Twitter one Saturday morning in early March and saw a post by Ben Gordon (@mathsmrgordon). He shared a Google drive full of middle school level Mixed Six activities. I was instantly intrigued by this concept. A Mixed Six is ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
For teachers, the summer months can be a prime time for catching up on reading to get inspired and recharge your batteries for the upcoming school year. One of the most effective ways to keep your teaching skills sharp is the same thing we encourage our students to do over the summer: read. We p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...nsumer products. To begin, you need several brands of toilet bowl cleaners that use hydrochloric acid as the main cleaning agent. (Cleaners that use organic surfactants won’t work here.) I use three main brands: Lysol®, Sno Bol® and The Works®. Not only do these cleaners vary in cost per mL, but ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... for TI‑Basic anymore. It also integrates with Python. This opens up a whole new world for students and Python. Any time my students get to play with RGB colors and sound, the inquiry, enthusiasm and engagement increase tenfold. If you also have input devices such as a temperature or moisture sen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...; flexibility will be critical to navigating a complex and unpredictable school year. Think of yourself as the captain of a ship with very precious cargo. Start the year by figuring out where you are, where you are headed and how you plan to get there. Remember, this year’s voyage will require a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020