TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
Texas Instruments (TI) teamed up with NASA earlier this year to host the TI Codes Contest, where students could compete in teams to put their programming, problem-solving and creativity into practice in a space-themed challenge. We asked students to think of ways to improve a process or product...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
This Valentine’s Day, we want to celebrate a straight-A student whose love of learning is inspiring everyone around her. Jasmine Calderon, 17, is an exceptional senior at Pahokee High School in Florida who continues to excel despite her entire household coming down with COVID-19 over the summer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...o you like to do? What would Computer Science Education Week be without CODE! I have tons of projects I like to use, and I’m ready to share some of those ideas with you. Do I share projects that are content specific, math intensive, light on coding or coding intensive? How many lines of code are ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
The start of a new school year has always been my favorite time of year. The freshness, anticipation and possibilities energize and excite me as I reconnect with colleagues and build relationships with new students and families. This year, though, educators are also facing the impact of a global ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best_Of_Science
...p bring important science concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the most popular science activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI‑Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Softwa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/best_of_science
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
... This allows me to go back and listen to learn their names and a little more about them. 2. Build skills for the future One of the things I missed most was hands-on learning when I was virtual and hybrid last year. I am hopeful that this year we can complete STEM Projects together. I want to fo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...ew. Screenshot from the Building and Interpreting Graphs activity. Earth and space science topics 2. Earth’s Surface: Earth’s Lithosphere — Ring of Fire This activity takes students on a journey around the Pacific Rim and the infamous “Ring of Fire.” Students will plot locat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
As a chemistry teacher, I have grown to love the inclusion of real-world data collection and analysis in my classroom instruction. Chemistry is a difficult subject for most students to grasp because of the invisible nature of atoms and molecules. Having students collect data on the chemical phen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
The Heartbeat of STEM
...don’t always have the time to do as much STEM integration as I like. However, when the AP® exams are over, I utilize as many of the STEM projects as possible. “The Heart Project” is a favorite of mine to go more in depth about the circulatory system, transport and homeostasis, but it also allows ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... Nemo.” Then, 16 years after that, we went “Finding Dory.” Now, I am not one to question things too critically, but why is it that animated fish get lost so easily? We can save that for another blog post. Because I am a math guy, and with all of this “looking,” I thought that perhaps we shoul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
The summer of 2020 was filled with uncertainty. Schools had just wrapped up a year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and summer programming was not a high priority for most school districts. Crystal R. Bishop, a STEM education coordinator at West Virginia State University, wanted to make sur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...we don’t consider ourselves to be experts in teaching math, Curtis and I have learned a lot from our classroom days, our time supporting educators across the country with professional learning, and the work we do with educators who use or want to use TI technology. In our experience, a faculty or...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
It’s the mathiest season of all! And we want to make sure you’re ready to celebrate in style. On social media, you may have seen our posts highlighting the picture-perfect Math Love gear that we are giving away this holiday season. Show us a sine of love by entering the sweepstakes, and it coul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
Texas Instruments Virtual Booth | NSTA Engage 2021
...e’re here to help Subscribe to TI science alerts Live chat--> TI-Cares™ customer support TI sales supportGrant writing assistance Download TI brochures Science flyer STEM brochure TI products brochureProfessional development .copyinfo p{font-size:11px}#sc...https://education.ti.com/en/events/nctm-atlanta
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
...Presidential Award of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2009. Follow him on Twitter @jmccalla1. You may be surprised to learn that most TI calculators are allowed on the SAT®. Take a brief dive into the history of the calculator and see the latest changes to the math section of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
In my previous blog post titled “Leveraging CAS To Explore and Teach Mathematics,” I demonstrated how to utilize CAS in the algebra I classroom. As mentioned in my algebra I post, CAS isn’t only a way to find the answers, CAS can be leveraged to explore and teach concepts in the math classroom. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
When I was asked to share my story for International Women’s Day, I immediately said “yes.” I didn’t know what I would share, just that I had to say “yes!” This year’s theme — Choose to Challenge — had a simultaneous effect. It touched my soul because we have the freedom to make choices. It san...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
...ivated is by having a list. If professional learning is one of your goals, we’ve put together a list to help you get started. Here are the top 10 most watched T³™ Webinars from 2021. These hour-long sessions are all free and available on demand. Watch recordings on your schedule and at your ow...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
How To Use the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators To Succeed on the ACT®
...of preparing students to tackle these demanding questions. In high school algebra, quadratics are studied extensively. Even so, this question is most likely one that students haven’t spent much time thinking about. In fact, how do you think about it? Graphing on the TI-84 Plus CE graphing cal...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/digital-act-84
Binomial Expansion
...pansions throughout the activity. The Binomial Theorem and Pascal’s Triangle will also be used as tools to aid in this process. Downloads ZIP Binomial Expansion.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-binomial-expansion
Function, or Not a Function?
... using a moving vertical line. Students will determine if a table of x- and y-values represents a function. Vocabulary function Downloads ZIP Function_or_Not_a_Function.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-function-or-not
The t Test | TI-Nspire™ family | Stats & Probability
...ill find the t-value and p-value for a 2 sample t-test at the 5% significance level. Write down the conclusion to the test. Downloads ZIP t Test.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF DOC Studen...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-the-t-test
Sampling Techniques | TI-Nspire™ family | Stats & Probability
... convenience sample biased sample quota sample stratified sample Downloads ZIP Sampling Techniques.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-sampling-techniques
Give Me Five
...eated. The connection between the dot plot and the box and whisker plot improves the visual power of this dynamic interaction. Downloads ZIP Give Me Five.ZIP PDF Five Figure Summary Teacher Notes and Answers.PDF Five Figure Summary Student.PD...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-give-me-five
Triangle Trigonometry and Circles
... side lengths and the quadrant in which the reference triangle is located on the trigonometric functions of an angle. About the Lesson Downloads ZIP 17027.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF Create Activity.PDF DOC Student ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-triangle-trig