Area Under a Curve
Students will approximate the area under a polynomial curve using rectangles. Each of the polynomials in this activity represents a real-world situation to enable students to see the importance of finding the area under a curve.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-under-a-curve
Math Man On The Slopes
In this activity, students will practice identifying slopes with informal pictures, and can self-check their understanding with one of the measurement tools. The students will also identify the slope and intercept of a given graph and will choose the correct equation in a multiple choice format.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-man-on-the-slopes_1
Law of Sines
In this activity the student will explore the Law of Sines, a theorem involving sine ratios that applies to all triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-sines_2
Linear Inequalities in One and Two Variables: Rays and Half Planes
Introduce linear inequalities by relating them to simple inequalities on the number line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-inequalities-in-one-and-two-variables-rays-and-half-planes
How Cool It Is
This lesson involves creating an exponential regression equation to model the temperature of water as it cools.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-cool-it-is_2
From Rumor to Chaos
This lesson involves modeling the spread of a rumor and similar problems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/from-rumor-to-chaos
Focus/Directrix Definition of Conics
This lesson involves observing and describing relationships between the focus and the directrix of each conic: parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/focusdirectrix-definition-of-conics
Slider Template
In this activity, students learn to create a slider to use in various applications.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slider-template
Folding Parabolas
In this activity, students graph a quadratic function and investigate its symmetry by choosing pairs of points with the same y-value. They then calculate the average of the x-values of these points and discover that not only do all the points have the same x-value, but the average is equal to the...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/folding-parabolas
Sine and Cosine Identities
Students will explore the relationship between the measure of an angle and its sine and cosine. Students will develop two trigonometric identities: sinA / cosA= tanA sin2A + cos2A = 1https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sine-and-cosine-identities
From Expressions to Equations
Substitute values for variables, evaluate expressions, and solve equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/from-expressions-to-equations
Roots and Cobwebs
This lesson involves finding roots to equations using a method similar to those used by many calculators.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/roots-and-cobwebs
Graphs of Tangent, Cotangent, Secant, and Cosecant
The goal of this activity is for students to see how the graphs of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant are generated and related to the unit circle. A point is animated around the unit circle as data points are captured to create a scatter plot. Students discover a way to relate each of th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-tangent-cotangent-secant-and-cosecant
How Many Solutions to the System?
Understand the difference between systems that have one, infinitely many , or no solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-many-solutions-to-the-system
Transformations of Logarithmic Functions
This lesson involves the family of logarithmic functions of the form f(x) = c*logb(x+a).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-of-logarithmic-functions
Power Function Inverses
Examine the graphs of power functions with even and odd integer powers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/power-function-inverses
Horizontal and Vertical Lines
Examine the vertical and horizontal changes when moving from one point to another on a line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/horizontal-and-vertical-lines
Parabolic Paths
Manipulate the equation of a quadratic function so that its graph passes through a particular point.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parabolic-paths
Parabola Construction
Students will construct a parabola using the focus and directrix definition. An extension problem has students explore how the location of the focus with respect to the directrix affects the shape of the parabola.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parabola-construction_1
Particle Motion1
This lesson involves the motion of a particle along a straight, horizontal line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/particle-motion1
Radical Transformations
Students will use sliders to examine how the square root function is transformed on the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radical-transformations_1
Particle Motion 2
This lesson involves the motion of a particle along a straight, horizontal line associated with a general position function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/particle-motion-2
Summing up Geometric Series
This lesson involves clicking on a slider to see that the area of a square that has been systematically divided into an infinite number of pieces approaches 1.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sum-of-infinite-geometric-series
Quadratic Functions and Stopping Distance
Analyze data in real-life applications of the quadratic function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-functions-and-stopping-distance
Modeling with a Quadratic Function
In this lesson, students use a quadratic function to model the flight path of a basketball. Students will interpret the parameters of the quadratic model to answer questions related to the path of the basketball.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-with-a-quadratic-function