Mechanical Advantage
In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between resistance force and effort force for the inclined plane and the lever.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mechanical-advantage
Mechanical Advantage of Pulleys
Students explore a single-fixed-pulley system by varying the load and measure the force necessary to lift the load.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mechanical-advantage-of-pulleys
Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
In this lesson, students will use population data to study the relationship between predator and prey populations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hare-today-gone-tomorrow
Vernier - Capacitors
In this lesson, students will use the voltage probe to measure the discharge of a capacitor.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--capacitors
Enzyme Catalysts
In this lesson, students will explore the impact of a changing environment on the reaction rates of an enzyme.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/enzyme-catalysts
Exploring Diffusion
In this lesson, students will explore diffusion through a selectively permeable membrane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-diffusion
Vernier - Sound Waves and Beats
In this lesson, students will use the microphone to measure the frequency and period of sound waves from tuning forks.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--sound-waves-and-beats
Why Bigger is Not Necessarily Better
In this lesson, students will discover the dynamic relationship between the surface area and the volume of a "cell."https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-bigger-is-not-necessarily-better
Work and Power
Students explore the relationship between power, work, and time. They also explore the relationship between power, force, and speed. Based on these explorations, students derive the equation P = Fv and solve problems dealing with power in various mechanical problems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/work-and-power
Radioactive Dating Game (HS)
In this lesson, students will simulate radioactive dating at an archeological site.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radioactive-dating-game-hs
Molecular Weight
Students will find the atomic mass on the periodic table and use this to determine the mass of one atom, one mole of atoms. They will also determine formula masses.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/molecular-weight
Skills of Science - Graphical Analysis
In this lesson, students will graph different data sets to determine the mathematical relationship.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skills-of-science--graphical-analysis
Sound Intensity
Students investigate the relationship between sound intensity and distance for a commercial loudspeaker. They use collected data to identify a mathematical model for the relationship. They then compare this model with the inverse square law for an ideal point source.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sound-intensity
Spring Constant
Students explore the relationship between displacement and restoring force for an elastic spring.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/spring-constant
Vernier - Reaction Stoichiometry
In this lesson, students use a temperature probe to investigate an acid-base reaction in order to write balanced chemical equations and determine mole ratios.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--reaction-stoichiometry
Tool - Vector
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--vector
Tool - Significant Figures Calculator
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--significant-figures-calculator
Uniform Circular Motion
Students explore uniform circular motion and solve problems that deal with kinematics and dynamics of this motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/uniform-circular-motion
Vernier - Acid-Base Titration
In this lesson, students will use a pH sensor to monitor the pH of a solution and determine the equivalence point.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--acidbase-titration
Vernier - Evaporation and Intermolecular Attraction
In this lesson, students will use the temperature probe to study the evaporation rate of different liquids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--evaporation-and-intermolecular-attraction
Bending Light
In this activity, students explore the refraction of a single light ray. They begin by exploring light traveling from a less dense medium into a denser medium. They use a numerical approach to establish a relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction. Then, students expl...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/bending-light
Colligative Properties
Investigate the freezing point depression due to different concentration of solute.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/colligative-properties
Predicting Metabolic Rates of Astronauts
In this lesson, students will visually estimate correlation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/predicting-metabolic-rates-of-astronauts
A Little Light Work
Students will study graphs of light intensity at various distances from a light sensor. They will use power and linear regressions to determine the relationship between light intensity and distance from the light source. They will also develop their own models for the relationship.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-little-light-work
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: Dropped at the Scene
This lab introduces students to the science behind blood spatter analysis. It also provides an opportunity for students to explore curve fitting and can extended to use r2 values (optional) to determine the most appropriate curve fit for the data set.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-tinspire-case-10--dropped-at-the-scene