REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity: Air Traffic Control
In this lesson, students will model and solve air traffic control problems with geometry software. The Cabri Jr. application will be used to construct a model of the problem situation and concepts from trigonometry and proportions are then applied to find the solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/real-life-real-world-activity-air-traffic-control
Graphing Systems at the Races
This activity involves solving a system of equations created from a problem I wrote about a greyhound racing to catch a toy rabbit on a mechanical arm. The ending activity involves solving a similar system, only involving another problem I wrote based on the end of a NASCAR race.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-systems-at-the-races
Triangle in the Matrix
Students represent a triangle with a matrix and use the determinant to find the area of three given triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-in-the-matrix_1
AP Precal Live: Difference Quotients and AROC
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore average rates of change.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_diff-quotients
What is Log - 84
In this activity, students will solve simple logarithmic equations and verify solutions using the corresponding exponential equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-is-log-@-84
AP Precal Live: Trig Identities
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore several examples on solving trigonometric equations and inequalities using both a restricted domain and finding all solutions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_trig-identities
AP Precal Live: Exam Prep
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore questions which use technology to prepare for the AP Precalculus Exam.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_exam
Ain't No River Wide Enough
Students simulate the process a surveyor would use to measure the width of a river by measuring length on one side of the river and angles formed by various reference points.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/aint-no-river-wide-enough
Stretching the Quads
Students stretch and translate the parabola given by y = x2 and determine the effects on the equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stretching-the-quads
Hot Air Balloon
Using a dynamic manipulative, students will have a visual for adding and subtracting integers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hot-air-balloon_1
Dilations with Matrices
Students 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
NASA- Newton's Cool in the Pool
In this activity for the TI-84, students will use Newton’s Law of Cooling to predict temperature loss.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa@-newtons-cool-in-the-pool_84
Properties of Logarithms - IB
In this activity, students explore the product property, the quotient property, and the power property of logarithms both algebraically and graphically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-logarithms-ib_84
Modeling QB Passing Rates
This TI-84 Family activity uses the measures commonly collected for football quarterbacks and provides an opportunity for students to create their own quarterback rating models.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-qb-passing_84
Modeling Herd Immunity
In this TI-84 activity, students investigate the concept of herd immunity and the role vaccines/interventions can play in helping to control the spread of a communicable disease.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-herd-immunity_84
Modeling Median Incomes
In this TI-84 family activity, students investigate and examine the data underlying the claim that women’s income is catching up to men’s income.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-median-incomes_84
Modeling: Optimal Locations for a Food Truck
In this activity, students will investigate where to locate a food truck in Washington DC to maximize the number of potential customers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/food-truck_84
Modeling Judging a Poster Contest
In this TI-84 family activity, students use the ratings made by five judges in a poster competition with the goal of deciding the top three posters based on the ratings made by the judges.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-judging-a-poster-contest_84
Modeling The Game of Hog
This TI-84 Family activity engages students in a dice game with the goal of finding the optimum strategy for winning,https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-game-of-hog_84
Modeling: Exploring Medical Tests Results
In this TI-84 activity, students investigate ideas that have appeared in many sources related to the recent pandemic. They will become familiar with terms such as false positives and false negatives, prevalence, sensitivity and specificity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling@-exploring-medical-tests_84
Modeling CO2 Levels
This TI-84 Family activity uses data on monthly carbon dioxide (CO2) levels collected from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. It provides an opportunity to engage students with data that is relevant to contemporary discussions of climate change.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-co2-levels_84
Modeling Virus Spread
In this TI-84 family activity, students will explore a simple introduction to the idea of logistic growth through an easily acted out simulation: spread of a virus through a population.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-virus-spread_84
Intersecting the Solution
Students will learn to solve systems of equations graphically and understand the relationship between the algebraic and graphical solutions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/intersecting-the-solution
Modeling Mantid Striking Distance
In this TI-84 family activity, students investigate the relationship between how hungry a praying mantis (also called a “mantid”) is and the distance at which the praying mantis will strike (jump) at prey.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-mantid-striking-distance
Modeling Data
Students graph data modeling exponential and logarithmic growth and find equations representing the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-data