The Heartbeat of STEM
...ding with the left ventricle. Students add in sounds after each cycle to beep like an EKG machine. They can also figure out how to speed up or slow down their cycles and to calculate heart rate. Challenge 3 is where students must put their skills to the test. This challenge models the aut...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... it does. Once they input the code, encourage them to run the program and have fun with it. If the arrow is moving too fast, you can slow it down. Go back to the top of the program and add the time module: menu > More Modules > Time > from time import* You slow the loop dow...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...hat game came a low-tech “looking/finding” activity book called “Where’s Waldo?” (1987). We had to wait over 16 years before we went looking for a clown fish in “Finding Nemo.” Then, 16 years after that, we went “Finding Dory.” Now, I am not one to question things too critically, but why is it th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...ose who approach it from a formula first. (My apologies to the students I had in my early years of teaching.) About the author: Curtis Brown has a bachelor’s degree in laser optical engineering and worked as an AP® Statistics and algebra II teacher for seven years before becoming a ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...dence Simulation Calculation This instructional arc is a mashup of an instructional arc I learned from Allan Rossman years ago at Serenbe down in Georgia and from playing the dice game Borel with my students. Intuition Intuition is all about giving kids a chance to stake a claim ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...all the answers, but here is my personal perspective on the topic. Representation People need to see themselves reflected in careers they are drawn toward. In elementary school, I wanted to be an astronaut after watching Sally Ride and Christa McAuliffe. In high school, I learned about Jane ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
Do you recognize any of these? The first (known-to-me) emojis! Yup, quite primitive, and predating the smartphone versions of the fancy emojis we know and love today. But, I do remember emails that sent images in the signature, some basic, some complex and some from people who had way too much t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
... world. (Stiles Middle School) Q: How did you think of (the idea for) your project? “We thought of the issue of feeding animals while their owners are away, something our classmates struggled with sometimes.” — NaviGator How we thought of our idea for the project was based of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...able to solve using traditional methods. Beth, one of the participants, picked up on one of our favorite ACT® strategies, “usually, figures are drawn to scale.” She stated, “One of my aha moments was when Corey demonstrated the draw-to-scale strategy. I think this could be so enlightening to s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Kansas City. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Kansas City Booth ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...nction. A quick graphing exercise for student practice. For a full list of all the available learning modules and lessons, download this Quick Reference Guide. Explore more of Families of Functions 2. Smart Space Smart Space features full-length math...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...ool Mathematics Content 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 n...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...Gibbs harnesses his passions for marine science, chemistry and engineering to create student-centered classrooms rich with discovery. He and Ellen Browne partner to teach Engineer Your World, an introductory, college-level engineering course designed for high school students by The University of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
... was to allow students to choose their partners for group work; since I usually create random groupings, we compromised by letting them select their own groups on test review day. When it is warranted, I follow up with individual students privately as well. This simple and flexible framework f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...related to coding such as loops and scientific concepts related to light. In our second camp, students had many opportunities to engage at their own pace and in their way with TI technology. They could perform standard functions like adding, subtracting, dividing, etc. Still, it also allowed ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
Have you heard of “Room to Grow: A Math Podcast”? For the last two years, I’ve had a standing call on my calendar with Curtis Brown, the Math Segment Manager at Texas Instruments. Our conversation on these calls is typically focused on the challenges that math teachers face, and what we thought o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...a flag display for both the TI-Nspire™ CX II and the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculators: Try the Fireworks activity shown above which is found in the recently added sections “Python Modules” on TI Codes for the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator and TI Codes for t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...r 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 properties, syntax and punctuation. If you are familiar with lists on the TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
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
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...ool math teacher devoted to making learning fun and engaging. Students will love the positive math vibes, and you’ll love the color variety of this downloadable pack! Classroom door as styled by @misscraftymathteacher. Downloadable PDF with print-ready designs by @misscraf...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...nce of science phenomena in the confined 45 to 90 minutes of a class period? One option is to use simulations to give students the ability to slow down the really fast, speed up the really slow, and see the very large or very small. Simulations enable students to build a mental framework for how...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...r students create a boo-tiful ghost using equations or the Draw features. Tom Reardon teaches you how-to in this fun webinar. Downloadable pumpkin carving worksheets with three lesson types. Get the pumpkin carving activity files for an easy classroom start » ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...wing diagram gives some of the graph g(x)=(4-2x)(3+x). The shaded region A is bounded by the x-axis, y-axis, and the graph of g. (a) Write down the integral for the area of region A. (b) Find the area of region A. The three points Q(2,0), R(4,8 ) and S(c,0) create the triangle below. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...take a look at two examples that I wrote for the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator using Python. I’ll even provide the .tns files if you want to download them to study the code and take a crack at editing to make it uniquely yours. There are also two PDF files explaining the programs in more d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...issues. In this activity, students run a program for a robotic vehicle that emulates a living organism. As students observe the behaviors of the unknown “species”, they start thinking about the interactions between machines and living systems. Link to Activity 4. Electrical Engineering – Build a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience