Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...tests with profound questions. The answer the calculator gave them isn’t an answer choice. So much for being the secret weapon! The reality is that many students lack the mathematical understanding needed to solve problems and, as a result, make conceptual errors even with the help of a calculato...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
How many times have you heard an administrator, professional development presenter or master teacher say, “100% engagement”? I have lost count. Would you believe me if I said there really is a way to engage all of your students, even the most distracted, most reluctant learner? 100% engagement i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
This year’s AP® exams will be given in three separate administrations. Each administration will include an in-school option, and administrations 2 and three will also have an at-home option. As many schools begin to open in Spring of 2021, the AP® tests will have 3 distinct administratio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...week I like to make Wednesday my day of rest. On Wednesdays, I try my best to leave school right when school day ends and intentionally do not bring any work home with me. On the weekends, I do the same. If I have work to do on the weekend, I’ll save it for one day and spend the other day doing t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
Like many of you, I wear a variety hats in a day — daughter, sister, wife, mom, marketing professional, runner, math education advocate, PTA member, college football fan and, last but not least, a Girl Scout leader! I started my career in engineering because I loved math and science. Both subject...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...the Math Segment manager at Texas Instruments. He taught mathematics and AP® Statistics for several years. Since starting at TI in 2015, he has led many content development projects including the Math in Motion series. He has always found joy in exploring the patterns and logic of mathematics. In...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
To STEM and Beyond!
... projects and content that I did last year, but now in Python. I also purchased some micro:bits, and we will take on some of those projects too! If any of this interests you, please feel free to email me at svthibodeaux@gmail.com, or contact the TI STEM team or your local Educational Technology ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Any day is a better day with a little π (pi). Let’s celebrate Pi Day with some fun, meaningful activities that show students how the mathematical constant shows up in real life. 1: Happy Pi Day Activity Worksheets Choose from two quick-start activities; Ready-made Pi or Homemade Pi. In thes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
The last year and a half has been really hard for many of us in education. We dealt with so many big changes in such a small amount of time. We learned new ways of doing our jobs and connecting with students. As we venture into the uncertainty of what another school year will bring in the age of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
... SC, this week, where students across seven schools got to learn basic programming by working with the TI-Innovator Hub and the TI-Innovator Rover. Many of the kids were having so much fun, they didn’t even realize they were learning important math and science skills. And, the STEM Squad has seve...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...g that concept back into your lesson plans. Not just that week, but over multiple weeks so that students can start getting a better understanding. Any other words of wisdom for other teachers? I think that you have to be excited about learning, yourself. It’s important to be humble and always ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
"This calculator changed my life.”Lillie Pennington, Junior, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio THE CHALLENGE Lillie Pennington, 17, can keep up with any high school student when it comes to academics. The Turpin High School junior took Advanced Placement history as a sophomore and scored a fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...ics PhD student and former NFL player Problem 1 | Chess On a chessboard, it takes a king, on the h4 square, six moves to reach the b4 square. How many different, six move routes could the king take? Problem 2 | Virality Suppose we have the following model for information (e.g. photo, video, p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...es or never?,” and “Would you rather?,” we began to learn how to help students learn to justify. Guidance for getting students started can come from any number of sources. I have included a couple of examples. The Oklahoma Excel teachers provide students with a rubric: Justification Rub...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
Are you transitioning to TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators from TI-84 Plus family models in your classroom? The TI-Nspire CX graphing calculator is a powerful tool with many features, yet it is easy to perform familiar operations like calculating and graphing. Here are some suggestions to get ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...will help them better grasp financial concepts and traditional curriculum content, consequently becoming more literate in multiple areas. There are many ways to incorporate financial education into various subject areas, but for this blog, we are going to concentrate on incorporating financial li...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...eak down concepts. When you first start teaching, it's hard to know exactly what kids are going to be good at. You need to have a willingness to try anything in your classroom, because you never know who it might work for. I like to be active on searching for new strategies by using Pinterest, se...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...kens, on data collection, TI handhelds, and how they can be used with Vernier sensors. I was hooked! I attended every one of his sessions as well as any other with data collection in the science classroom. When I returned back to my school, I presented the information to my principal, and he purc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...thentic STEM experiences and to increase the number of underrepresented and underserved students in STEM fields. Becky’s favorite quote: “Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
The Heartbeat of STEM
...lacement biology teacher, I don’t always have the time to do as much STEM integration as I like. However, when the AP® exams are over, I utilize as many of the STEM projects as possible. “The Heart Project” is a favorite of mine to go more in depth about the circulatory system, transport and home...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... yh = [0,0,0,-6,2,2,-3,-4] I chose xh to be the name for the x-coordinates of the heart and yh to be the y-coordinates of the heart. You can use any names you want. Have fun. Personally, I went for short names. Using the lists, we can now draw the scatterplot. Have the students put in the c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...on of slope to be understandable, students needed to first tackle the concept of slope as rate of change. Slope as Rate of Change in Context In many, if not all, cases, we care about the interpretation of the slope of a line between two points far more than the actual value of it. Instead of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...ime crunch, the focus for teaching probability tends to fall on calculation instead of helping students to develop a sense of randomness. Just about any mathematics topic can have a degree of randomness inserted without sacrificing content. Furthermore, it’s that randomness that catches the inter...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator