Mean as Fair Share
Mean as Fair Share website This lesson introduces students to mean as a way to describe the center of a set of data. Often called the average, the mean can also be visualized as “leveling...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/mean-as-fair-share
Mean as Balance Point
...teams in last place are from 6. Depending on your focus, you can introduce the concept of absolute value or you can just refer to distance as always being positive. Sample Assessment Given the set {1, 5, 7, 7, 10}, if you add the value 6 to the data, the mean absolute deviation will? a. Increase ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/mean-as-balance-point
Comparing Distributions
Comparing Distributions website In this lesson, students extend their previous work on describing a single data distribution to comparing several distributions collected from different po...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/comparing-distributions
Box Plots
... DOC TNS Lesson Snapshot It is important to make the relationship between dot plots and their corresponding box plots explicit: i.e., 1) a summary as represented in a box plot will not show gaps and clusters and 2) very different distrib...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/box-plots
Two Way Tables and Categorical Data
...le below describes risk factors for obesity associated with age. a) What do these number represent? Are they frequencies or relative frequencies or neither? Answer: These numbers represent relative frequencies, but they are presented as percentages between 0 and 100 rather than as decimal numbe...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/two-way-tables
Expressions & Equations
... TNS Columns Container Column 1 Column 2 Lesson Snapshot As students begin their work with algebraic equations, they should learn to think and reason about the nature of the solutions: what values would make sense both numer...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions
Research
...maries of the research basis for TI's professional development programs. Learn More Case Studies Reports from real teachers using TI technology in their classroom to help increase student success. Algebra 1 and 2 Geometry Middle School / Pre-Algebra Pre-Calculus / Calculus P...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research
Building Concepts Fraction Practice | Texas Instruments
... Column 1 Column 2 Lesson Snapshot Once students understand equivalence, they can begin to order fractions according to their size. What to look for Students should recognize that, as with whole numbers, when ordering fractions the larger of two fractions is located fa...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions
Adding Ratios
Adding Ratios website In this lesson, students build upon their knowledge that ratios represent the relationship between two (or more) related quantities; and that, since the values in a ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/adding-ratios
Comparing Units
...g with fractions. What to look for Give students time to explore the file using different sized wholes and fractions. Encourage students to explain their reasoning for each of. their answers. Sample Assessment Petre had (1/3) of a 6-inch long candy bar and Sande had (1/2) of 4-inch candy bar. Who...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/comparing-units
Creating Equivalent Fractions - Texas Instruments
... a fraction equal to 1. What to look for Have students observe several examples of creating equivalent fractions. Then lead them in a discussion of their observations. Sample Assessment a. (5/4) = (BLANK/BLANK) Possible answer: (5/4) = (15/12) b. (3/ BLANK) = (BLANK/ 21) Possible answer: ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/creating-equivalent-fractions
What is an Equation?
... PDF DOC TNS Lesson Snapshot As students begin their work with algebraic equations, they should learn to think and reason about the nature of the solutions: what values would make sense both numer...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-an-equation
Fraction Multiplication
...shot Students can think about the finding the product of two fractions as finding the area; where each multiplier represents the base or the height of a rectangle. What to look for Be sure students understand that the whole number 2 would be represented by shading two of the unit squares ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/fraction-multiplication
Fractions as Division
...ion. Be sure students can explain both methods. What to look for As students discuss the concept of fraction as division, encourage them to explain their reasoning. Have students work independently then have the class work together to find the solutions using the interactive number lines. Sample ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/fractions-as-division
References by Texas Instruments - US and Canada
...lo Alto, CA, Empirical Education, Inc. Laumakis, P. and M. Herman (2008). "The Effect of a Calculator Training Workshop for High School Teachers on their Students' Performance on Florida State-Wide Assessments." International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education 15(3): 87-93. Lewis, J....https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_bibliography
TI-Innovator™ Activities - Science Olympiad Detector Building | TI
...he program students write will cause various LEDs to turn on or off based on the temperature readings. During the competition, students must adjust their code and calibration equation to closely match that of a store-bought digital thermometer.--> Students will need to know how to write a progra...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem/projects/detector-building-event
Making Music With Code | Python Lessons | Texas Instruments
...EM and Python programming. This project explores the science of sound and is designed with first-time coders in mind — no experience required. With their TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators, students will learn to program the output of various sounds, tones and music to play them on the TI-Inno...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem/projects/making-music-with-code
Making Music With Code | Assignments | Texas Instruments
... copy link Copy link Download PDF Helpful tip: Keep students learning and completing activities by making sure they fully charge their graphing calculators a day before the project kicks off. We’ll help you every step of the way. Get everything you nee...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem/projects/making-music-with-code/assignments
Making Music With Code | Borrow | Texas Instruments
...ate-columns:3rem 160px;justify-content:center;justify-items:center}.custom-icon-link a.cta-arrows{padding-top:.4rem}.custom-icon-link img{width:40px;height:40px}.custom-icon-link a.cta-arrows.custom-center-links{text-align:left}.custom-icon-link.quick{display:grid;grid-template-columns:3rem 100px...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem/projects/making-music-with-code/borrow
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...e derivative and a definite integral function of a given function (illustrating the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus) allows students to self-assess their own analysis. Watch Video TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator This video illustrates how one can practice analyzing and interpr...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/ap-calculus/series-and-improper-integrals
Python coding activities: Programming With Lists | Texas Instruments
... our whole array again. Let’s say we wanted to add to this array. If we call mylist[3] to see what (if anything) is in element 3 in this array, we receive this error message: This error message is tuned in to the exact problem with our mylist[3] call—specifically, we can’t call the element in e...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science-foundations/programming-with-lists
Python coding activities: Counters, Accumulators and Comparing Loop Types | Texas Instruments
...? Interesting. So, two of the programs produced the same output for the method call of loops(2). Are these programs somehow equivalent? Despite their seemingly cosmetic differences, do these programs actually output the same results all the time? In other words, will the output of these three...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science-foundations/counters-accumulators-comparing-loop-types
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...e derivative and a definite integral function of a given function (illustrating the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus) allows students to self-assess their own analysis. Watch Video TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator This video illustrates how one can practice analyzing and interpr...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/ap-calculus/taylor-polynomials-power-series
Ratios & Proportions
... doing? Students discuss the similarities and differences between the groups of shapes that illustrate equivalent ratios. What is the teacher doing? Reinforce the definition of equivalence by associating the patterns generated with the original ratio. The Big Idea The questions introdu...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios
Building a Table of Ratios
...e some (positive rational) multiple of each other. This will be important when they begin to compare ratios. What to look for Have students explain their strategies for solving problems involving equivalent ratios. Sample Assessment If Sara used 3 cups of pancake mix to make 24 pancakes, how many...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/building-a-table-of-ratios