Exploring Parabolas
Students will explore the parabola by investigating links between its standard equation form and its graph. Students will also discover the axis of symmetry and the vertex of a parabola.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-parabolas
Dinner Party
Students investigate the total cost of a private party at three restaurants and then model the cost of a party at each restaurant with the graph of a linear function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dinner-party_1
Direct Variation Continued: Pumpkins and Cars
This activity explores converting kilograms to pounds using the top heaviest pumpkins and finding various rates for hybrid cars.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/direct-variation-continued-pumpkins-and-cars
Quadratic Unit Activity #9: Unit Test Part III
This assessment covers student's finding equations in vertex form of images.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-9-unit-test-part-iii
Distributive Property
Investigate the concept of algebraic distribution of multiplication over addition using numbers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/distributive-property
Dog Days or Dog Years?
Students use ordered pairs, table of values, and a scatter plot to determine a function that represents real world data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dog-days-or-dog-years
Factoring Trinomials Part 2
Explore trinomials of the form x2 + bx + c, where b is negative and c is positive.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factoring-trinomials-part-2
Investigating the Angles of a Triangle
The following will find the sum of the interior angles of a triangle and the sum of the remote interior angles of a triangle. Students can then change the type of triangle. The student will see that the sum of the interior angles is always 180 degrees. Also, the student will see that the sum of t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-the-angles-of-a-triangle
Factoring Trinomials Part 1
Use tiles to factor trinomials such as x2 + 5x + 6.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factoring-trinomials-part-1
Exploring Transformations
Explore transformations of an absolute value function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-transformations
Multiplying Inequalities by Negative Numbers
Investigate the effect of multiplying the numbers on a number line by a negative number.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiplying-inequalities-by-negative-numbers
Multiple Representations
Interpret slope as a rate of change in the context of a real-world situation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiple-representations_1
Area "FOILed" Again!
Students practice finding rectangular areas with algebraic expressions for the lengths of the sides.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-foiled-again_1
Inscribed Angles
The student will explore properties of inscribed angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-angles
Inscribed Angles
Students use animation to discover that the measure of an inscribed angle is half the measure of its intercepted arc, that two angles that intercept the same, or congruent, arcs are congruent, and that an angle inscribed in a semi-circle is a right angle. They then discover that the opposite angl...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-angles_1
Back In Time?
Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs, and an input-output diagram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/back-in-time_1
Using Tables to Solve Linear Equations
Solve one-step and two-step linear equations where a and b are real numbers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-tables-to-solve-linear-equations
Understanding Slope
Make connections between the sign of the ratio of the vertical and horizontal change as they relate to the sign of the slope.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/understanding-slope
Balanced Systems of Equations
A solution to a system of equations is an ordered pair that makes both equations true at the same time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balanced-systems-of-equations
Variables and Expressions
Change the value of x on a number line and see the effect on an algebraic expression.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/variables-and-expressions
Interior Angles of Polygons
This activity allows students to discover the value of the sum of the interior angles of an n-sided polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interior-angles-of-polygons
Animating Graphs Part 2
Demonstrating how to animate 2d graphs using TI Nspire CAS Calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/animating-graphs-part-2
Interior Angles of Polygons
In the following activity, students discover the rule for finding the number of total degrees in the angles of a polygon. Students will use both the TI-Nspire and student worksheet to find the rule and will apply it in predictions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interior-angles-of-polygons_1
Variables on Both Sides
Understand the number of possible solutions to equations that have variables on both sides.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/variables-on-both-sides_2
Visualizing Equations
Deepen understand of solving linear equations by maintaining balance.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/visualizing-equations