My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...asses. He suggested that we invite students to take ownership by rightly framing their work. Frames that are too thin make it hard for students to focus, while frames that are too thick do not invite students to contribute. An immediate application of appropriate frames can be the implementation ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...mote more productive learners. Throughout the book, the authors weave together stories from an array of learners ― from gardeners to surgeons ― to illustrate how successful learning takes place. This book will stick with those interested in self-improvement and lifelong learning. “How Not to Be ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...Yep!) It reveals interesting things about branding and marketing of consumer products. To begin, you need several brands of toilet bowl cleaners that use hydrochloric acid as the main cleaning agent. (Cleaners that use organic surfactants won’t work here.) I use three main brands: Lysol®, Sno Bol...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
... below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Hartford Booth TI Exhibitor Workshops at #NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Rate of Change: Algebra to Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? Get out of your seats to model...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...lum but certainly lessons that matter in life. So, as you head into the new school year, with countless variables out of your control, I recommend focusing on the things you can control, like having a flexible mindset, growing and leveraging your network, and investing in yourself in order to pro...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
...a coding class, and the only experience I had with coding was sitting in a few professional development workshops with the TI-Innovator™ Hub at previous T3™ International Conferences. I was hooked with the Smart Water system. In this STEM project, students write a program that collects data using...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
Connor Johnson is the first person at Pope John Paul II High School in Lacey, Washington, to enter into precalculus as a freshman. Where does he get the confidence to pursue an advanced course at such a young age? From his mother, of course, who also happens to be his math teacher. Connor and hi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
The Math Behind 'Going Viral'
...n our 27th generation, and 10,000 people have visited our website, and my boss is begging me to write more stories on exponential growth! In all seriousness, what’s important about this example? Each generation contained more people than the generation before. That means that instead of reaching ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/the-math-behind-going-viral
Summer of STEM: Loop to Loop Cups
...quickly back to its unstretched form and transfers energy into the cups. The cups spin rapidly backward but are also propelled forward simultaneously. The backspin on the cups, combined with the forward motion of the cups, causes the surrounding air above the cups to move faster than t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/cups
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
There probably aren’t too many people on the planet that haven’t heard of COVID-19. The viral contagion that caused a global pandemic has taught us a lot about the science and math behind viral transmission, exponential growth, and herd immunity. Unlike epidemics/pandemics in the past, COVID-1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
What I love about using calculator technology in my teaching is the “Power of Visualization” and the opportunity to examine math through different lenses. The multiple representations available on Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators — numeric, algebraic, graphical, geometric, statistica...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...arted a Cooking with Chemistry project where students describe in detail all of the chemical reactions that occur. Our administration was encouraging us to think outside the box and rethink how we could assess our students’ progress for final exams. I am head of the math department. All of us in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
Chemical equilibrium is one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand, and it’s even more difficult to find a model that will work every time. Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
Teaching during the holiday season can be a challenge. It takes more than an extra shot in your gingerbread latte to keep your students focused, as enthusiasm for the holidays grows with every passing day. Take advantage of your students’ excitement by incorporating these holiday-themed challeng...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
NASA Events Calendar
NASA Events Calendar global website Sollicitudin Purus Condimentum Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
...for the 8th annual TI Codes Contest. Whether you’re a seasoned participant or new to the contest, this is your chance to show your stuff.Get ready to use TI technology — combined with your coding, design and building skills — to create a model of a solution that automates or optimizes a process o...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
BestofChemistry
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/bestofchemistry
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
This is the breadboard. It functions as an output platform for students to read collected data with red, blue and green LEDs. Science Olympiad, a national science/STEM competition organization, just added a new high school event called Detector Building. In the 35-year history of Science Oly...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
... your little hearts out. Your students are going to fall in love with this lesson — I promise! Graph Your Heart Out To get started, turn your TI-84 Plus graphing calculator on — duh! Next, press y= to put you in the right mood mode 😀. Then, press the math key and arrow over to NUM and select 1:a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Solution 11548: RJ-11( RJ11) Adapter for the Calculator-Based Laboratory™ (CBL™) and CBL™ 2.
... Home | Data Collection Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search What is the RJ-11 (RJ11) adapter and how is it used? The original Vernier MD-ULI motion detector was equipped with a RJ-11 (US Phone jack) connector, which is not a standard port located on the...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11548
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
Four seconds left in the big game, and the score is 27-28 — you’re behind. A 50-yard field goal wins the game. Your task is to use a mathematical model to demonstrate kicking a field goal to win the game. Wait … are you more into the celebration and all the hoopla (I mean all those snacks and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to the class. Two of his students, juniors Justin Hickman and Brooklyn Martin, were eager to use the new TI-Innovator Rover, a robotic car that students program using a TI-Nspire CX graphing ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
Put a paint stick on the edge of a table with a little less than half the length hanging off the table‘s edge. Now, karate chop it. Did it break? Of course not. It just flew off the table, still intact. Now, do the same set up – this time laying a large piece of newspaper across the part of the ...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