Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
... The __init__ function in any class is the constructor. It is called whenever you create a new object variable. Its job is to assign the values of the arguments to the member variables of the class which all begin with the prefix self. The draw(self) f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...o Activity 2. Chemical Engineering – A Good Cold Pack! Physical Science and Chemistry Chemical engineers use elements from the periodic table to design solutions to thousands of challenges and opportunities every day! From creating better processes to design microchips to creating the best cold ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...le and the downward force on the force sensor is the independent variable. The slope of the regression line is approximately 9.8 – which you will recognize from your physics classes as the gravitational constant, g. So all that time we spend telling students that they will “use this someday”, wel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
... Else → calculate slope → display slope When students see this logic, it brings home the fact that they don’t need to compute the slope if they recognize that both the x-coordinates are equal. In order to use the if, then, else logic, we need to introduce a new statement. Edit your program and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ive full of middle school level Mixed Six activities. I was instantly intrigued by this concept. A Mixed Six is basically a mathematical task design using Pointon’s and Sangwin’s question taxonomy to develop thinking skills. I did a little research, and I was excited to see that much of the d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...le culture where more students are empowered to access STEM opportunities and succeed. John empowered participants with actions dedicated to: Designing learning environments and opportunities. Understanding our students. Examining and using data to assess and reflect on teaching and learnin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...nspiration. Below are our top 10 books, with high SPF (summer professional fun) levels, to dive into this summer. Take a cue from summer assignments to students and create your own summer reading list for professional learning, inspiration and fun. We’ve compiled a top 10 list for teache...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...rectly typed. The menus can help when introducing and reinforcing new topics. Students don’t have to remember the exact syntax; they only need to recognize which one to select. It also avoids keyword typos. Notice, the templates below have the keywords in black and use blue placeholders to indica...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...d to teach in a blended- or virtual-learning environment. As you know, there are many differences between online and face-to-face instruction, only magnified by COVID-19, and professional learning will be crucial to ensuring students continue to achieve in math and science. Remote Learning ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Innovation in Biology
When you hear things in your classroom such as, “Well, that didn’t work! Let’s try this …” or “That was so hard! I am so proud of myself,” it is music to an educator’s ears. By incorporating engineering design and coding skills in my biology classroom, I was able to tap into my students’ creativ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
...be works would be a rich learning experience. Throughout the year, we continued using resources available such as Science Through Engineering Design and Science in Motion using the TI-Innovator™ Rover. It was very helpful to have so many resources I could use to begin this journey, but the re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...hat’s really the bottom line.” WATCH A VIDEO OF THE SURPRISE: HERE. It’s not too late to nominate your math hero. Help spread the love of math by recognizing and giving back to the person who helped you build a relationship with numbers. Honor them by sharing your math story for a chance to help ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...in the past, COVID-19 symptoms aren’t as severe and, thus, not as easy to identify right away. The time it takes before an infected person may show signs can be between two to 14 days. COVID-19 also seems to be more transmissible than past viruses and has spread across the globe quickly as a resu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...owing students to observe what is happening numerically at each of the key points. At the x-intercepts (zeros) of the function, the Y-values change sign. At the y-intercept, the X-value is 0. At a relative maximum, the Y-values increase then decrease; at a minimum, the opposite is true. In order...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...birdhouse would be pretty easy. I think it ended up being much more challenging than they first expected. It’s miter saw time! First, they designed a blueprint. Measuring had to be exact, showing all calculations. They kept a daily log of the contributions they made to the project. Before ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
NASA Events Calendar
...ng Dapibus Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Pharetra Ornare Mattis Magna Commodo As part of NASA and Texas Instruments’ The Search for STEMnauts contest, NASA is providing live, behind-the-scenes access a...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...t is the requirement to build the sensor using the aforementioned parts and pieces. In addition, they have to test their sensor, fix bugs, adjust design and test again … and again … and again until they get it working properly. They also must find a way to waterproof their sensor using a material...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...r activity I did with my students was to use the built-in brightness sensor on the TI-Innovator™ Hub to teach students how to use the Engineering Design Process to build an apparatus to create a box and transform the brightness sensor to a colorimeter. Students used a standard solution of dyed wa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...ately. This sets students up for exploring the question from multiple entry points. You’ll need the program files, student activity pages, pre-assignment documents, and teacher notes and solutions to get started on the activity. All can be downloaded here. Go ahead, and get your students in th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...starts at that corner” is much more impactful (pun unintended!) than “One train starts from Chicago.” The Math in Motion set of activities are designed to use the TI-Innovator™ Rover. Students can either write their own programs in the Math in Motion Plus activities to control Rover, or studen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
.... When developing a Python programming project, I find it helpful to divide the project into pieces and tackle them in smaller chunks. Python is designed for this approach from the ground up. Modular programming is also useful if you or your students want to work in teams: Assign each member of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...e programs. Here’s a partial sample of those classes: Object-oriented programming using classes is a different approach to software design that focuses on the nouns (balloons, buttons, objects) in a project rather than the verbs (print, display, =, actions). Of course, we can mix an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...we have highlighted five of our favorite algebra activities from the collection on the Math Nspired collection. 1. Slope as Rate This lesson is designed to help students think of slope as a rate of change. As a result, students will be prepared to move to applications of linear functions where ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
... the exam; however, being familiar with creating and analyzing a scatterplot of bivariate data could prove crucial. Make sure that your regression diagnostics are turned on. Be aware that, when fitting a linear regression model to a set of data, the residuals are automatically stored in a list ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats