3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...g are some suggestions for making seating charts work in classrooms where students change each hour. Method 1: Note cards taped on desks This is my current favorite, even though it is a little time consuming. Print out your class rosters and create blank seating charts. On that chart, number the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... Using “the sequence,” you can create a visual of it using the sequence value to represent the length of an edge of a square. They can be creatively arranged in such a manner as to create this image. Recognize this? “Finding Fibo!” 2. What about the curve/spiral? The familiar Fibonacci s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...important step when it comes to helping a student develop their reasoning about probability and randomness. Calculations do not always need to be carried out by hand. An easy way to see that you win the car ⅔ of the time by switching doors is by a tree diagram or a chart. In this chart, we can ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...tions they may have about the field. While male and female students perform typically the same in science and mathematics classes, females are underrepresented in computer science and engineering classes. As these students continue into the workforce, women make up 47 percent of the total wor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
... the internet, there is a site called emojipedia.org — yes, an entire site dedicated to emojis. I looked to see how many preloaded emojis are on my current phone, and it said almost 4,000 emojis! Wait … what? Just think: You can use a new one every day for just under 11 years. And by the time you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
...ne for what values of x and b, are those functions equivalent. They will also explore intervals where the power function has greater value than the corresponding exponential. Sound Waves and Beats (Physics): In this data collection activity, students use a Vernier microphone attached to the TI...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
... students who have simply been told that they “can’t,” students who have missed previous math classes, or students who are immigrants with language barriers, they all need to receive equal attention. Because of this, I’ve really concentrated on shifting their math mindsets. I love when I can fina...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
... a very real customer, several ways for students to craft solutions and find success, a way to extend our students’ understanding of code and sensor arrays while demonstrating the viability of the solution, and a commitment to the engineering design process. And, as an added bonus, the May flower...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...re facing. I could bring the most valuable resources to the teachers I supported, saving them from the hours I spent digging through the mediocre or irrelevant ideas, and just deliver the golden nuggets. Curtis and I hope that “Room To Grow” serves that same purpose for teachers who don’t have en...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...ote: The Python for loop has an optional else: clause which is executed when the loop ends normally. The inner loop (for p in primelist): tests the current number i to see if it is divisible by any of the primes found so far. If so, the break is executed (the loop is terminated early) and the nex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
... RGB LED and speaker so that you can write a program to play a song, like the Star Spangled Banner, using the speaker on the Hub, and then create a corresponding patriotic light show using the LEDs. What’s really cool about microcontrollers is that you can add input and output devices like moto...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...nalized education.” — Yong Zhao, Ph.D. “The Impact of Identity in K–8 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-Based Practices” by Julia Aguirre, Karen Mayfield-Ingram and Danny Martin Filled with insightful descriptions and recommendations on impactful, high-quality and equity-based t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...to Dallas where he visited with mathematicians and scientists at TI, sat in the cockpit of a flight simulator at Dallas’ Love Field and filmed his starring role in a special, aviation edition of STEM Behind Cool Careers -- STEM on the Fly. “My trip to Dallas was an amazing way to see the differen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...below we use Y1= ½X² and Y2= X+1. Press the mode key and about midway through the screen you will see a row that says FULL HORTIZONTAL GRAPH-TABLE. Arrow over to GRAPH-TABLE and press the enter key. Now press the graph key and you will see your graph and table simultaneously. Press the 2nd key a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...ints – to demonstrate computational thinking and a few coding concepts. Expressing a problem and a solution in a way that a computer, or human, can carry it out is computational thinking. Coding on the calculator is one method to give students an opportunity to solidify their understanding of a c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
...ill also receive a TI-84 calculator and our famously festive holiday sweater! The sweepstakes begin on Nov. 30 at 9am CT and end on Dec. 16 at 11:59pm CT. Don’t delay — enter the sweepstakes today! Holiday Social Media Contest About the author: Kareya Saleh is the Social Media Manager f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...drops of phenolphthalein indicator and 3 mL of water (to add some volume to the solution, as toilet bowl cleaner can be viscous). They then add the correct number of drops of 1.0 molar sodium hydroxide solution until the acid in the cleaner has been neutralized and the phenolphthalein indicator g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...f, and educating, our children. The reality is: This generation of students has already learned a lot. Maybe it wasn’t everything that was in the curriculum but certainly lessons that matter in life. So, as you head into the new school year, with countless variables out of your control, I recom...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...make connections between the solid generated by revolving the function graph about the x-axis and disks centered on the x-axis, the radius of which correspond to the value of the function at that point. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (PDF). You can view and download the full T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...eaning to the phenomenon, and importantly, they lend no insight into the phenomenon. Alternatively, a theoretical mathematical model is based on a currently accepted theory. Historically, theoretical models have made considerable advances in the sciences. Theoretical models can predict a phenome...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...tional final exams — a mix of multiple-choice and short-response questions make up a typical mathematics exam. Our innovative geometry teacher, Ms. Herr, has recently decided to branch out. Birdhouse Project When Ms. Herr gave out the birdhouse project directions, the students were pumped. No ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...s, and blindfolds, but none of these methods give good, reasonable, quantifiable results. Eventually, I found a system from the Connected Chemistry Curriculum (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®,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...ts for conclusion of a daily lesson. STEM in your room TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board is a new addition to my classroom. I am currently developing lessons so my students can gain more STEM content and use the TI-Innovator™ Hub for these lessons. Last year, I had two lessons ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Solution 11348: MathWorlds Application Packages Curriculum Content.
...and ratios, and geometric ideas such as slope, similarity and especially area. Packages 1 and 2 are designated as review materials and may be skipped if desired. Package 3 can be considered as the starting point. The following is a brief description of what the different packages: Package 1: slop...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11348
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...ota students get hands-on with new TI-Innovator Rover technology. Keota third grade student Kenjie Her (left) watches with fascination as junior Sierra Bishop (right) helps draw a robot using the TI-Innovator Rover. “We are a tiny little school, isolated from the large metro areas, and now thes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw