5 Fresh Spring Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
...alk in. (And it’s sure to add a little spring in their step, too.) This cheerful design was made by the creative mind of @misscraftymathteacher, a high school math teacher dedicated to all things that make learning fun and engaging. Download the free printables on TPT 2. Calc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/fresh-spring-ideas-for-classrooms
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
... larger. When TI’s President and CEO, Haviv Ilan, recently received a handwritten letter (yes, handwritten!) explaining why it is so important for high school students to understand retirement savings and investments, he knew exactly what to do with it. He passed it on to the Education Technol...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program
Inverse Functions on the TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...the output from one of the two inverse functions as the input into the other function, gives you the same original input into the first function (see highlighted values). Table 1. Highlighted values from table 1 above X = 25, 77 and Y1 and Y2 = 77, 25 X = 14, 57.2 and Y1 and Y2...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/investigating-inverse-functions-ti-84-plus-ce
Fall-Tastic Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
...g functions that lets students “carve” math-o-lantern faces on their TI-84 Plus CE and TI-Nspire™ CX families of graphing calculators. Tom Reardon highlights this activity in the featured webinar “Tricks and Treats: Halloween Ideas for Your Math Classroom.” Watch students light up cre...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/falltastic-ideas-enhance-classroom
Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
...benches, too. Plus, it’s a nice benefit to be able to use the same, familiar technology most of the students already use in their math classes and on high-stakes exams. More data collection options to get students thinking like scientists TI’s Go Direct Python module offers science ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...d science. Activity #1: Students using Rovers in reflections and transformations in geometry Educator: Michael Hlavacek — Crystal Lake South High School, Crystal Lake, Illinois Objective: Students were given a drawing of half of an animal face (example: elephant and wolf), and they had...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
...) if the expression spills off the screen. This is not possible in MathPrint™ mode because math templates are not confined to a single line. With the higher resolution of the TI-84 Plus CE, the lack of line wrap is less of an issue than for the lower resolution TI-84 Plus. A long express...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
Expressions of Love for TI-Cares™ Support | Texas Instruments
....” 🌹 “Debora assisted me in ordering replacement batteries for two of our TI-84 Plus CE calculators. My children love using these calculators for high school and college as they have become a necessity for them to complete their coursework. I was relieved that I could replace the batteries in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/ti-cares-customer-support-love
Middle School Math Meets Python Game Design | Texas Instruments
...Let me share some pre-built middle school activities to bring coding fun to your classroom. Don’t let the label “middle school math” mislead you. High school students can benefit from these activities as well. But the “middle school math” audience means they have been scaffolded to make them ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/middle-school-math-python-game-design
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...of opportunities for their children was the deciding factor to move. Shahollari said it was a “a big sacrifice” for her father, especially due to his high standing in the Albanian military. “In the long run, he just did it for me and my brother. The primary goal was to get a good education so we ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2022 | Texas Instruments
...ld implement it in individual classrooms. [It’s] easy to see how ideas could be applied in a variety of classes.” — Donna McIntosh, Lord Beaverbrook High School (Alberta, Canada) Tricks and Treats: Halloween Ideas for Your Math Classroom Presented by Tom Reardon Explore how to make...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/2022-webinars-top-10
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...back boils down to anything we say to a student or anything a student says to a teacher or to other students. What we want to accomplish is to elicit high-quality academic feedback from students by modeling high-quality academic feedback to them so they can provide it to their peers. According to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
...ures, discover and identify patterns, and make their own connections. Trusted for the big exams. TI graphing calculators are allowed on most high-stakes exams and advanced coursework, including the ACT®, SAT® and AP® exams. Built to be distraction free. No Wi-Fi access means more...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...available from Texas Instruments, visit the test preparation page on the website, including a chart that shows which TI technology is accepted on all high-stakes exams. About the author: Jessica Kohout is a National T3 Instructor and enjoys introducing students to STEM through environmental i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... to STEM through environmental issues. She is the Youth Climate Institute Manager at the Howard County Conservancy where she develops programming for high school students and mentors the STEM Action Team. Prior to this, she taught high school Biology for 17 years. In or out of the classroom, Jess...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Fan’s Favorite Features on TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
... Most importantly, they love the features that help students make deeper mathematical connections. (Deeper discussions = better understandings!) We highlighted five of the most popular features teachers highlighted as their personal favorites. Did yours make the list? Maybe you will find someth...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/five-fan-favorite-features-ti84plus
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
Brad Posnanski is a T³™ National Instructor and teaches algebra I, precalculus and computer science at Comsewogue High School in Port Jefferson Station, New York. He loves to create and do hands-on projects with his students. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
BA II Plus™ Professional Financial Calculator | Texas Instruments
...tes. One- and two-variable statistics List-based and editable; four regression options: linear, logarithmic, exponential and power. Feature highlights Finance Accounting Economics Investment Statistics Other business classes Ideal for iOS is a tradema...https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/financial/baii-plus-professional
Forensics Case 6 - Measuring Momentum: Using distance moved after impact to estimate velocity
This activity introduces the concept of momentum as it applies to vehicle collisions. Students accurately gather data of collision of a vehicle with a stationary object, and establish a relationship between the distance an object moves after a collision with a vehicle and the momentum of the vehi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-6--measuring-momentum-using-distance-moved-after-impact-to-estimate-velocity
Segment Addition Postulate
The purpose of this handout is to provide students an opportunity to learn the keystrokes involved using the TI-Nspire and to verify the Segment Addition Postulate.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/segment-addition-postulate
The sum of the interior angles of regular polygons
The students will construct triangles within regular-sided polygons to determine the sum of the interior angles. They will then, using statistics, create a linear regression to determine the relationship between the number of sides of a regular polygon and the sum of its interior angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-sum-of-the-interior-angles-of-regular-polygons
Similar Figures - Using Ratios to Discover Properties
Students will explore similar triangles and set up ratios to discover properties of similar triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/similar-figures--using-ratios-to-discover-properties
Putting limits on Pi
This activity has the students calculate the perimeter of inscribed and circumscribed regular polygons about a circle and then use the calculated values to determine pi.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/putting-limits-on-pi
The Tale of Two Tangents
This activity allows students to investigate the relationship between the angle formed by two tangents to a circle and the arcs they intercept.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-tale-of-two-tangents
Parallel Lines and Angles
Students will use TI-Nspire technology to investigate the relationships between two corresponding angles and between two alternate interior angles. At the end of this activity, students should be able to discover that if two parallel lines are cut by a transversal the pairs of corresponding angle...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-angles