3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Currently she works in Corporate Communications for TI. Follow her on Twitter @ellenfishpaw. --> Celebrate pi day using these fun math activities your students are sure to love. It’s as easy as 3.1415…. 3.1415… Ways to Celebrate...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...cience after the last school bell rings to avoid the dreaded summer brain drain. How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw) How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...oks for mathematics in one of his all-time favorite hobbies, chess. Let’s start the game clock! John Urschel, MIT mathematics 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 r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
... first day of class with new students because students do not share the same orientation of the classroom as the teacher, so it can cause stress or confusion. It’s better to use this strategy in clases where you already know your students, and they are familiar with class routines and layouts. I ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...sionate about using all types of technology to enhance student understanding in mathematics and has provided technology professional development at conferences, workshops and webinars since 1998. Karen blogs at karendcampe.wordpress.com. Follow her on Twitter @KarenCampe. Are you transition...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...ng options and plans for making your money grow. Putting off investing until later can actually cost you more money than you might realize. For more information, read “6 Reasons Why You Should Start Investing Right Now.” It is never too late to start an investment account! Fig. 1. Budg...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...to leave school with skills that will help them be successful in life – whether in the workforce or just real life. Knowing how to persevere and be confident in overcoming challenges is important, especially for kids in my area. We're in rural Appalachia, where the poverty level is greater than 7...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...se particles interact and react while making learning fun and teaching them how to become scientists. In 2015, I attended the T³™ International Conference in Philadelphia. At this conference, I was first introduced to TI technology for my chemistry classes as a data collection solution and in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
... choices provided. There is also a set of reference formulas and diagrams provided for your use; so don’t memorize what is already given. For more information about the structure and content of the test , go to the SAT® Math Test webpage. For the grid-in questions, answers will be 1, 2, 3, or ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
...re commands to be used. Think of Python as a giant bookshelf that only has a few books on it. Adding a module is like adding a new book and thus new information to the bookshelf. The PlotLib will add commands to let us set up and draw our graph. Add the PlotLib module: menu > TI Plo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... have been seeing the Fibonacci sequence/numbers forever, and with a quick internet search you can be in awe of what has been found. The rings on a sunflower or a pineapple are two that come to mind. Let’s look at a few examples: 1. The squares Using “the sequence,” you can create a visual...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...ange. Try to get students talking about which collection they believe was done outside in South Dakota in January, and which was performed inside a conference center (steering clear from numerical values, at least at first). Rate of Change (aka Slope) as Demonstration Once students have a gra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
World-Emoji-Day
...hing for 26 years and also coaches varsity track and field. He is a national T³™ instructor presenting regularly at Texas Instruments international conferences, several Tuesday night national TI webinars, and local state teacher conferences. He is a firm believer in the integration of technology ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
... can’t wait or want to start small, check out our blog on “How to Host Your Own TI Codes Contest.” Want to get a taste and build some skills and confidence for your students to participate in the next contest? We have awesome, project-based STEM activities where students can start using (or ex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...ediately beneficial to my classroom.” Or finally Holly who shared, “This was one of the best workshops I’ve ever been to; it was entertaining and informative. I learned so much. Thank you!” We would like to wrap this post up by thanking the original authors of this workshop: Tom Reardon, Pa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...How would you rate your understanding of polynomials after the unit?” You can also ask students about their mathematical disposition: what is their confidence level in math class, what topics they enjoyed the most or the least, or whether they feel challenged enough or too much and how often. T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...mp, but the feedback from the students highlighted the value and long-term impact of this hands-on STEM experience. One of the advantages of the configuration where students wrote code on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator was that they didn’t need to switch applications on their compute...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...llow technology support. Encourage students to think about Mathematical Practice Standard #5, “use appropriate tools strategically,” as your lessons unfold, so they consider whether the calculator is helpful, necessary or a disadvantage in a particular situation. If there are calculator buttons o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...He taught high school math and, in particular, was charged with building the pipeline of Advanced Placement® (AP®) students at his school. This work influenced his thinking about teaching and learning math to this day. As you listen to the different discussion topics we’ve explored in the podcast...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
The expression “seeing is believing” is usually true. But in science education, many of the concepts can be quite difficult for students to observe because they can be very small, very large, very fast or very slow. So how can we provide students with an experience of science phenomena in the co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...lypse” activity explores the concept of exponential growth in the context of a zombie apocalypse. Trigger an outbreak of learning and infectious fun in your classroom. Check out the full zombie activity and download files » Bonus: DIY Calculator costume!...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
... IB® math courses were heading toward a major change. Names were changing, courses were being added and eliminated, new topics were being added, and unfortunately, some were being removed. With lots of changes happening, the teachers were going to need resources to help them get through the trans...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...sign microchips to creating the best cold packs for lunch coolers, chemical engineers are in high demand. In this activity, students collect data to inform their decisions on designing the best cold pack. Link to Activity 3. Biomechanical Engineering – It’s Alive! Life Science and Biology Biomec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...to get creative and for students to learn some basics of engineering. Psst, we built a “guardrail” into our bridge. Feel free to keep that tidbit of information to yourself until you feel like the kids have grappled with this problem long enough. Tip 3: Science is perfect. Lab equipment is not. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
...or you, why not trying programming your calculator to become a pet? When I was a kid, I loved to play with the popular digital pets that lived on a keyring and attached to your backpack. Basically, I created a program that does the same thing for your graphing calculator and turns it into a pet. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode