Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...dually is the foundation upon which sound reasoning and effective modeling can grow. Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding Timothy Collier (@tcollier314) Puzzle Problems are a tool to help students learn to communicate their mathematical thinking. Learning to justify collaboratively...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...he TI-84 Plus CE to help you work more efficiently, compute more accurately, and verify answers. Just like you would in your math class, do some scratch work on the test paper before using the calculator. This enables you to decide if it is a good time to use the tool or not—you should avoid ty...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
... goats. You pick a door and the host, who knows what’s behind the doors, opens another door which has a goat. He then says to you, “Do you want to switch your pick to the unopened door?” Is it to your advantage to switch your choice? If you know about this pro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
... 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 Goodall and Rachel Carson and became interested in conservation and e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...ons works very well for me and my students. It creates an environment that promotes individual reflection, supports personal agency about goals and outcomes, and sends the very important message that all of us in the classroom can revise and improve our practices to make the rest of the year as s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
Thanks for joining our Facebook Live office hours. If you missed it or want to watch it again, the video link is included below. Five of my favorite tips are highlighted below, but you can view more of my favorite tips and tricks for the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in this PDF. Tip 1: Viewi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...irectors of Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas. Follow him on Twitter @pbalyta. As students head back to school, whether in the classroom or at the kitchen table, what we are asking of our teachers is nothing short of heroic. Read my thoughts on preparing for a back to school like no other. A Ba...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Innovation in Biology
... the engineering design process. They started brainstorming ideas individually and then shared them in groups. The students also completed concept sketches of their designs and had discussions about what would and would not work. Collaboration was crucial in this project. Each team had four mem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...urriculum (found at connchem.org) that is interesting, robust with meaning, and foolproof. All we need is a few hundred pennies (or buttons, M&M’S®, etc.). Students start out with 40 reactant pennies and zero product pennies. They move the pennies from the reactant to the product side and back wi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...ter twice to turn on Plot1. Then, press graph, and you should see a heart. You may need to make some adjustments to make your heart swoon worthy. Watch one of our favorite algebra teachers, Rory Yakubov, in action as she creates her math valentine. Make Your Love GPO (Graph Paper Official) It’s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...smiles, when in just a few short weeks, Hickman and Martin went from programming Rover to draw a line to programming Rover to draw a large robot on butcher paper. “The coding is pretty simple, it sends a message to Rover to connect to the calculator, and after that it’s just a series of SEND cod...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
... breaks! But why? What you’ll need: A few paint sticks from a local hardware store. An unfolded piece of newspaper about 3’ x 3’ in area. Butcher paper or thicker wrapping paper will also work. A table, a glove to avoid splinters, and goggles to protect your eyes. What to do: ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
How can you get a hard-boiled egg inside of a milk bottle without pushing it? What you’ll need: Milk bottle or equivalent with an opening diameter of about 2.5” to 3” Small to medium hard-boiled egg Cooking oil Matches or a lighter 3” x 3” piece of paper What to do: Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...ath and chemistry always excited me. I was the student not allowed in the chemistry lab without oversight, meaning the teachers thought I had to be watched. They were right! In ninth grade, a very special algebra teacher said I should be an engineer. More importantly, he said, “I could be an engi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Ingenuity-takes-flight
...ome springboard for some genuinely interesting explorations in the physics classroom. Before we performed any calculations, we took some time to watch parts of a video that documents the planning and development of Ingenuity, “This Helicopter Just Flew on Mars!” Another video that could be ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Exam Week | Texas Instruments
...ins live in our bodies.” Below, Vakharia talks through some tips and habits you can practice to keep your brain healthy and happy during exam week. Watch her full takeover on our Instagram Story. Anxiety Tip #1: Start a Freak-Out Journal It’s so easy to feel like there are a million reasons to fe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/5-tips-for-a-healthy-happy-exam-week
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
... bit.ly/plastraw. Additional resources and background information for this activity are available at bit.ly/plasticstraw2020. In addition, you can watch a webinar that takes you through the activity using Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators. About the author: Tom Reardon has taught ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
A case for handheld graphing calculators
...me that smartphones are nearly impossible to control in the classroom. Students who are supposed to be learning important math concepts are instead watching YouTube videos or texting their friends. Jennifer Mueller, an AP** Statistics teacher from St. Louis, said it best when we spoke with her at...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Mole Activity
This activity is intended to help students gain an understanding of the mole concept. By determining the molar mass of the element at each station, students will be able to identify the element. Students will learn that the molar mass of each element is unique and different, although the number...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mole-activity
Vernier - Photosynthesis
Students will use a Colorimeter to compare the rates of photosynthesis for plants in different light conditions. They investigate the role of chloroplasts and light on photosynthesis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--photosynthesis
Vernier - The Magnetic Field in a Slinky
Students use a Magnetic Field Sensor to measure the magnetic field and the current in a solenoid. They explore factors that affect the magnetic field, study how the field varies in parts of the solenoid, and determine the permeability constant.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--the-magnetic-field-in-a-slinky
Number and Operations - 100 or Bust
Students explore the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers and integers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/number-and-operations--100-or-bust
Remainder Rules
Students use calculators, whole-number division, multiplication, addition, and subtraction to generate mathematical expressions that describe the relationships between dividends, divisors, quotients, and remainders.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/remainder-rules
Only Half There?
Students use measuring tools and calculators to make half-sized drawings of themselves.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/only-half-there