Give Me Five
In this activity, students will discuss and describe the center and spread of a univariate data set by way of a five number summary and visually by a box & whisker diagram. Students will then apply this knowledge to real life applications to enhance their ability to understand this math in st...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/give-me-five@ns
Basic Limits
Graphically find one-sided and two-sided limits.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/basic-limits
Analyzing Country Data
In this activity, students will examine sample ages from three countries displayed in a spreadsheet and in relative frequency histograms that highlight the distinctive features of the distribution of the ages from each sample.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/analyzing-country-data
Profit Equations and Calculus
In this activity, students will discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between a function and its first and second derivatives, namely a profit function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/profit-equations-and-calculus
Does a Correlation Exist?
In this activity, students will determine, by examining a graph, if a data set has a positive or negative correlation coefficient. Then, they will find the linear regression equation and calculate the correlation coefficient. They will use this line to predict the value of y for a given x and vic...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/does-a-correlation-exist
Piecewise Linear Integral
Use graphical interpretations of the meanings of definite integrals and definite integral functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/piecewise-linear-integral
Riemann Sums
Visualize values for different Riemann sums and use these values to estimate the area of a region.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/riemann-sums
Using Vernier Go Wireless™ Temp with TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad®
This document allows you to collect temperature data wirelessly using a Vernier Go Wireless™ Temp sensor with TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad®.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-vernier-go-wireless-temp
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
Nuclear Decay and Chain Reactions
Students determine the decay constant and half-life and begin to look at nuclear fission by simulating a chain reaction.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nuclear-decay-and-chain-reactions
Polarization of Light
Students use data collected during a lab to explore the relationship between polarized light and light intensity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polarization-of-light
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Students explore the relationship between the mass, energy, and angle of a projected object fired from an idealized cannon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/potential-and-kinetic-energy
Graphs of Antiderivatives
Students use their TI-Nspire to graph the anti-derivative of a function and investigate aspects of the this function and how it relates to the primitive function. For example, if a continuous derivative function changes from negative to positive, what does this produce on the primi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-antiderivatives
Give Me Five
This activity explores the calculations of the five figure summary: {min, Q1, median, Q3 and max}. How is an outlier determined? What is positive / negative skew? By physically dragging the maximum point students can determine when the whisker ‘breaks’ and an outlier is created. T...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/give-me-five
Looking Through the Lens
Students use simulated experiments to explore ray diagrams for converging and diverging thin lenses.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/looking-through-the-lens
Mechanical Advantage of Pulleys
Students explore a single-fixed-pulley system by varying the load and measure the force necessary to lift the load.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mechanical-advantage-of-pulleys
NASA - Weightless Wonder - Reduced Gravity Flight
Students examine the physics behind NASA astronauts participating in a C-9 flight simulating microgravity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--weightless-wonder--reduced-gravity-flight
NASA - A Breath of Fresh Air
In this activity, students will investigate how the ISS (International Space Station) goes about producing enough oxygen to maintain 6 crew members.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--a-breath-of-fresh-air
Spring Constant
Students explore the relationship between displacement and restoring force for an elastic spring.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/spring-constant
Tool - Vector
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--vector
Two-Dimensional Collisions
Students observe animations of two-dimensional elastic collisions of spheres and then calculate linear momenta and kinetic energies.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/twodimensional-collisions
Tool - Significant Figures Calculator
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--significant-figures-calculator
Up and Down: Vertical Oscillations
Students explore vertical oscillations produced by a mass attached to an elastic spring and collect data on the force of the spring as a function of time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/up-and-down-vertical-oscillations
Bending Light
In this activity, students explore the refraction of a single light ray. They begin by exploring light traveling from a less dense medium into a denser medium. They use a numerical approach to establish a relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction. Then, students expl...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/bending-light
Capacitors
Students explore the characteristics of capacitors. The activity begins with a look at the movement of charge in a parallel-plate capacitor and the effect of voltage on charge. Following the definition of capacitance, students explore how plate area, plate separation, and dielectrics affect capac...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/capacitors