What's Up?
Concepts and skills covered in this activity include writing keystroke sequences for formulas and converting between temperature scales.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-up
Eating Out
Students examine data and make graphs to represent the data. They interpret the data and answer questions. They also learn to calculate percentages and angle measures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/eating-out
Divisibility Rules Using Scientific Calculators
Concepts and skills covered in this activity include number theory, divisibility rules, multiples, factors, and problem-solving skills.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/divisibility-rules-using-scientific-calculators
Walking the Line
Students use linear functions to model and solve problems in situations with slope and a constant rate of change. They learn to represent situations with variables in expressions, equations, and inequalities and use tables and graphs as tools to interpret them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/walking-the-line
What Goes Up Must Come Down
In this activity, students use the calculator to solve quadratic equations. They use the quadratic formula to determine the vertex and the x-intercepts of the graph of a quadratic function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-goes-up-must-come-down
Aim High, Aim Low
Students will explore patterns related to place value in calculations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/aim-high-aim-low
I Can Guess Your Numbers
Students use the calculator to improve their number sense, analysis, and reasoning. They find numbers, given their product.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/i-can-guess-your-numbers
Making Sense of Shapes and Sizes
Students develop algorithms for generating and generalizing patterns related to triangle and square geometric models.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-sense-of-shapes-and-sizes
Stuff It!
Students learn to calculate volume of a sphere and a rectangular prism. They explore methods of determining how many volleyballs can be placed in a room.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stuff-it
Computing by Degrees!
Students use the calculator to solve trigonometry problems using sine, cosine, and tangent. They also find inverses of trigonometric functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/computing-by-degrees
How Fast for Whiplash? Going with the Flow
Students recognize direct variation as a rate of change and apply it in problem situations. They also use average rates of change to make decisions in problem situations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-fast-for-whiplash-going-with-the-flow
Picnic Challenge
Students find patterns to solve problems, explore functions, and graph linear functions on the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/picnic-challenge
Quilt Blocks
Students will see how fractions, decimals, and percents are interrelated, then explore and learn how to convert between them. Students will also practice estimating.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quilt-blocks_1
The Antics of Statistics
Students learn/review some of the different measures of statistics and see how to use those measures to analyze a data set. Students also participate in a discussion about how statistics can be used to achieve a variety of results.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-antics-of-statistics_1
Who Needs Mixed Numbers?
Students divide and multiply mixed numbers and fractions in real-life examples relating to carpentry.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/who-needs-mixed-numbers
The Ordinary Man
Students will estimate the heights of various celebrities in inches. They will convert inches to feet, and they will interpret the calculator results to express the estimated heights in feet and inches. Finally, they will graph the estimated heights and actual heights of the celebrities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-ordinary-man_1
Circumference and Area of a Circle
Students explore how to derive pi (∏) as a ratio. Students also study the circumference and area of a circle using formulas.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circumference-and-area-of-a-circle
Can Pythagoras Swim?
Students will investigate relationships between sides of right triangles to understand the Pythagorean theorem and then use it to solve problems. Students will simplify expressions using radicals and exponents in this activity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/can-pythagoras-swim_1
What’s Half of a Half of a Half?
Students will use a physical model to determine what happens when they repeatedly halve a piece of paper, and then they reassemble the pieces into a whole. They then use an algebraic model to analyze the same situation, which leads to an introductory discussion of limits.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-half-of-a-half-of-a-half
The First Twelve Days of School
Students learn to organize data, look for patterns, and solve problems. They will count the number of "coins" in a variation of The Twelve Days of Christmas song. They will also generalize the patterns through symbolic expressions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-first-twelve-days-of-school
LRAM_RRAM_MRAM -- A Graphical Investigation of how area under a curve is approx with rectangles.
This activity is designed for the student to investigate how area bounded by a curve and the x-axis can be approximated with areas of rectangles using LRAM, RRAM, MRAM.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lram_rram_mram--a-graphical-investigation-of-how-area-under-a-curve-is-approx-with-rectangles
Webinar: Kickstart AP® Precalculus- Polynomials & Rates of Change
With a new year starting in AP® Precalculus, now is the perfect time to explore new activities and skills to help support your students through the first half of Unit 1: Polynomial Functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal_webinar_exploring-poly
Video Tutorials for the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator
Web-based video tutorials answer common questions students and teachers may have when learning how to use the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tutorials_84-ce
3x3 Linear Systems of Equations
This lesson involves connecting graphical representations of systems of linear equations in three variables to the number of solutions of those systems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/3x3-linear-systems-of-equations
10% Rule
This lesson involves investigating the differences between the standard deviations of sampling distributions of means for samples taken from finite populations with and without replacement.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/10-rule_1