Creating a Parallelogram
Explore the differences of constructed verses drawn parallelograms by dragging vertices and investigate properties.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/creating-a-parallelogram
21 Classic Optimization Problems with Calculus solutions
Model twenty-one classic optimization problems involving area, volume and distance using multiple representations. Assign these problems for students to solve by Calculus. Then have the students compare their solutions with those presented on TI-Nspire’s Math Notes pages. Self-directe...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/21-classic-optimization-problems-with-calculus-solutions
Histograms
This lesson involves the interpretation of different types of histograms: frequency histograms, relative frequency histograms, and density histograms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/histograms
Python Modules: Python activities using TI-Nspire™ CX II Technology | Texas Instruments
...(). Both are found on [menu] More Modules > TI Draw > Control Add the arguments shown here: set_window( -159, 159, -106, 106) Since the screen is 318x212 pixels, this window places the origin near the center of the screen and makes each pixel represent one graphical ‘unit’. set_color(100, 100, 1...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes/python/ti-nspire-cx-ii/python-modules
Nuclear Binding Energy
Students explore the energy that results from the strong force in nuclei. The activity begins with the unexpected result that the mass of a nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus. In Part 2 of the activity, students analyze a graph to determine the r...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nuclear-binding-energy
Energy of Free Oscillations
Students explore energy transformation and energy conservation in simulated spring-mass oscillations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energy-of-free-oscillations
Terminal Velocity
In this lesson, students will define terminal velocity and analyze the relationship between mass and terminal velocity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/terminal-velocity
World Population - 84
In this TI-84 activity, students use their graphing calculator to explore world population data from the years 1950-2023. They will develop various equations to model the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/world-population
Friction: Your Friend or Your Enemy?
In this lesson, students explore static and kinetic friction by dragging shoes with different types of soles across a table at a constant pace. Alternative procedure for the Vernier Go Direct® sensors with TI-Nspire CX II is included in the downloads.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/friction-your-friend-or-your-enemy
Which Dog Is Roundest? | Texas Instruments
...amed a PAEMST Awardee in 2017 was one of the highlights of his career along with performing the marriage ceremony for one of his former students in 2021. Tracy Watson has a Master of Science degree in mathematics from Ohio University. She has taught at the college level for over 15 years and at...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/dog-day-which-dog-is-roundest
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...as well as support districts and teachers in implementing high-quality math curriculums. After 35.5 years in education, Abel retired in December of 2021 as the District Instructional Specialist for Secondary Mathematics in the Charleston County School District. Abel is a T³™ National Instructor a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Running Circles Around Quads
Students explore various properties of cyclic quadrilaterals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/running-circles-around-quads_1
TI-89 Riemann Sum Activities for Calculus
In this Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity students use Riemann sums to estimate the distance traveled on a trip at various speeds. They utilize the concept of Riemann sums to calculate the area under a curve. Students find limits of Riemann sums, and also convert Riemann sum limits to defini...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ti89-riemann-sum-activities-for-calculus
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
Shortest Distances
Students will explore three situations involving distances between points and lines. First, the minimum distance between two points leads to the Triangle Inequality Theorem. Then, the shortest distance from a point to a line is investigated. Finally, students find the smallest total distan...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shortest-distances
Discovering the Circumcenter and Centroid of a Triangle
The students will find the circumcenter by constructing perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. They will also find the centroid by constructing the medians of a triangle and discover that the centroid is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex along each median.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-the-circumcenter-and-centroid-of-a-triangle
Points of Concurrency in Triangles
In this activity, students will use their Nspire handhelds to discover the different points of concurrencies in triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities to discover the circumcenter, incenter, and centroid of triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-of-concurrency-in-triangles
Possible Lengths of Sides of Triangles
The first problem in this activity has students explore the varying length of the third side of a triangle when 2 sides are given. They will discover that the length of the third side must be between the difference and the sum of the other 2 sides. The second problem extends this idea of the le...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/possible-lengths-of-sides-of-triangles
Properties of Isosceles Triangles
In this activity and by using the Nspire handhelds, students will discover the different properties and attributes of Isosceles Triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities of this very unique handheld to explore the different attributes of the Isosceles Triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-isosceles-triangles
Properties of Parallelograms
In this activity, students will discover the properties of a parallelogram. Students will measure various components of a parallelogram to make conjectures about its properties.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms
Classifying Quadrialterals
In this activity, students will classify quadrilaterals graphed on the Cartesian coordinate plane. Students will justify their classifications with segment and angle measurements as well as slope measurements. A review of the hierarchy of quadrilaterals is at the beginning of the document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/classifying-quadrialterals
The Pirate Problem
The classic geometry problem developed in 1947 by George Gamow comes alive with the interactive platform of TI-Nspire. Will the treasure still be found after the palm tree in the treasure map disappears? What begins with inductive reasoning ends with a formal proof. This lesson, easily adapte...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-pirate-problem
Soda Problem: Finding the relationship between Sodium and Sugar
The students will use nutrition label data of certain sodas to create and analyze a scatterplot of the amount of sodium versus the amount of sugar in various soft drinks. They will put the data into lists, create scatterplots, discuss correlations, acquire the line of best fit, and predict other...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/soda-problem-finding-the-relationship-between-sodium-and-sugar
Solving Systems by Graphing
Explore moving a point to illustrate solving systems of linear equations graphically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-by-graphing
Geometry: Exploring Quadrilaterals
Drag the verices of a quadrilateral and build the different types; focus on the properties of these different figures, and finally put it all together to identify different quadrilaterals from their properties.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/geometry-exploring-quadrilaterals