Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
Sure, math probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of music. But, surprisingly, the creative art of music is intimately tied to the structure and logic of math. Some of these concepts are easy to explain, while others are probably better suited for someone professionally...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
... still register!) “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by Peter Liljedahl This easy read includes easily applied and practical recommendations. It also includes relevant research on what actually matters in helping all students learn mathematics. “This is definitely one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
If you are a teacher like me, you probably always have lots of ideas. I certainly do! Thank goodness I also have a circle of friends that share my passion and help me bring those ideas full circle. Many of my ideas seem to have a common theme: Provide fun, learning, engaging, real-world experien...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
When attending a conference, most participants hope to leave inspired, motivated and empowered with strategies and tools to make positive impacts in their classrooms, schools and educational communities. The 2021 T³™ International Conference was appropriately themed, Encourage. Engage. Empower....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
This is a back to school like no other; it is taking shape in living rooms, bedrooms and classrooms, and our already overworked and underappreciated teachers are being asked to do more than ever before. Whether finding ways to develop relationships with students they have never met, coming up ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...alentine. Download a PDF of a blank valentine and one that’s ready to be shared. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Solution 11889: Permission for Copying ROM Code From Texas Instruments Calculators to the Computer.
... Do I need TI's permission to copy the ROM code from my calculator to my computer? The software contained in the TI calculator's ROM memory is protected under copyright. The provisions of the copyright act allow calculator owners to keep one copy of the ROM code in any format, but only for a...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11889
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...s and restaurants. The one place where we don’t have enough robots is the classroom. Robots can be a very valuable addition to all classrooms. They come in many shapes, sizes, and don’t always look like you would think a “robot” would. There’s a common misconception that only robotics or a tech...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
...rough the top of the bottle and past the egg. Because the fire burns up the oxygen inside the bottle quickly, and the egg is acting to stop any incoming air by acting as a seal, the air pressure inside the bottle quickly becomes less than the air pressure outside the bottle and above the egg....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
Ingenuity-takes-flight
...for the first time. And, of course, any AP® Physics teacher looking to engage their students with a relevant and cool event would immediately look to come up with an activity using data about the helicopter. What an opportunity for a timely review of some AP® concepts, with three weeks left until...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
...t reply, “Oh, you don’t need to know that.” If the students fail to ask the necessary questions, should we supply that information anyway? We don’t recommend that. Eventually students will ask for the necessary information. We want this to be as close to a real-world application problem as possib...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
7 Reasons Why Python on the TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculator Is a Must-Have for Your Classroom
...e use of TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators and software in math classes. Educators can now connect coding in Python to math, science, physical computing and robotics on a single platform. This update introduces students to one of the most popular and powerful programming languages on a fam...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/7-reasons-why-python-is-a-must
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...ounce? To get started, you’ll need the following equipment and materials (Figure 2): TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator or a computer with TI-Nspire™ software TI-Nspire™ Lab Cradle Vernier microphone A handful of small balls (pingpong, golf, lacrosse — we’re not pick...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Bounded Areas | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Calculus
...l apply this information to finding the area bounded by two curves. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in both IB Mathematics and AP Calculus and on their final assessments. Bounded Areas Vocabulary ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-bounded-areas
Bounded Areas | TI-Nspire™ family | Calculus
...l apply this information to finding the area bounded by two curves. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in both IB Mathematics and AP Calculus and on their final assessments. Bounded Areas Vocabulary ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-bounded-areas
Vectors in Component Form
... j. Vocabulary Vector Components Magnitude Direction Angle Planning and Resources Vectors are used to represent quantities that have both magnitude and direction. There are a number of ways that 2D vectors can be represented. One of these representations involves expressing a vect...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-vectors-component-form
Investigating the Derivatives of Some Common Functions
...ity, students will investigate the derivatives of sine, cosine, natural log and natural exponential functions by examining the symmetric difference quotient at many points. They develop the idea of the derivative as a function. They gather evidence toward some common derivative formulas. They als...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-investigating-derivatives-common-functions
Percentiles
...ate-columns: auto auto; } Objectives Students will learn review the concepts of a normal distribution and its characteristics, including but not limited to percentiles and area under a normal curve. Students will practice how to use the handheld commands Normal CDF and Inverse Normal...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-percentiles
Percentiles
...late-columns: auto auto; } Objectives Students will learn review the concepts of a normal distribution and its characteristics, including but not limited to percentiles and area under a normal curve. Students will practice how to use the handheld commands Normal CDF and Inverse Normal...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-percentiles
Compound Interest
...osit, interest rate and the number of pay periods per year. As a result, students will: Learn the relationship between the interest rate and the total amount in the account. Learn the relationship between the number of pay periods and the total amount in the account. Discover the limiting con...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-compound-interest
AP® Calculus Resources
...ace Area and Volume In this activity, students will discuss and use multiple ways to answer financial questions involving loans, compound interest, amortization tables, saving money using annuities, and depreciation of assets. Amortization In this activ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities
Bounded Areas | TI-Nspire™ family | Calculus
...l apply this information to finding the area bounded by two curves. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in both IB Mathematics and AP Calculus and on their final assessments. Bounded Areas Vocabulary ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-bounded-areas
Amortization
...e and how to compare options. Downloads ZIP Amortization.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF DOC Student Activity.DOC Teacher Notes.DOC IB Question.DOC IB is a registered tradem...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-amortization
Amortization
...solver and amortization table. Downloads ZIP Amortization.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF DOC Student Activity.DOC Teacher Notes.DOC IB Question.DOC TNS TI-Nspire Activity....https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-amortization
Application of Function Composition
...ite functions Downloads ZIP Application_of_Function_Composition.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF DOC Student Activity.DOC IB Question.DOC TNS TI-Nspire Activity.TNS T...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-application-function-composition