Free Body Diagrams
In this lesson, students will explore the relationships of the different forces on an object such as weight, normal force, parallel force, and friction.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/free-body-diagrams
Impulse-Momentum Theorem
Students explore the relationships between momentum, force, and impulse for the linear collision of a ball with an unmovable wall.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/impulsemomentum-theorem
NASA - Lunar Surface Instrumentation
In this lesson, students will look at an astronaut's movement on the lunar surface using vector addition. There are 2 parts to this activity. Both sets of materials are attached.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--lunar-surface-instrumentation
Electric Fields
In this lesson, students will use a simulation to explore electric fields near point charges.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electric-fields
Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
In this lesson, students will simulate a mass attached to a spring as it oscillates in simple harmonic motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energy-in-simple-harmonic-motion
Sound and Waves
In this lesson, students change characteristics of a sine wave to discover the frequency, amplitude, and phase shift. They will also use these properties to see the effect of adding two waves to form dampening and beats.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sound-and-waves
Takeoff of an Airplane
Students investigate the acceleration data for a taxiing Boeing 737 to calculate the velocity of the plane as it taxies down the runway.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/takeoff-of-an-airplane
Two-Dimensional Motion and Vectors
In this lesson, students will investigate two-dimensional vectors using the simulation of a boat crossing a river.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/twodimensional-motion-and-vectors
Internal Energy and Work
In this lesson, students will develop the equation for work by observing the relationship between volume change and work done in a cylinder and piston at constant pressure.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/internal-energy-and-work
Circuit Construction Kit (HS)
In this lesson, students will simulate, observe and manipulate electric current, voltage and resistance.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circuit-construction-kit-hs
Exponential Functions f(x) = abx
Move a slider to investigate the effect of different a-values on f(x) = a*bx.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exponential-functions-fx--absupxsup
Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
Learn the basics of graphing linear inequalities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-inequalities-in-two-variables
Function Notation
Investigate and understand the symbolic language in the notation of functions used in mathematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/function-notation_1
Probability of Repeated Independent Events
Investigate probability by simulating tossing a coin three times.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/probability-of-repeated-independent-events
Connecting Ratios and Scaling
This activity allows students to reason about ratio tables, which helps their understanding of what a ratio describes in a context and what quantities in equivalent ratios have in common.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/connecting-ratios-and-scaling
Special Segments in Triangles
Create four special segments from a given vertex in a triangle and identify relationships among the special segments and the angles they form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/special-segments-in-triangles
Recipe for a Living World
In this lesson, students will observe the effects of light intensity and wavelength on the rate of photosynthesis in a plant.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/recipe-for-a-living-world
Punnett Pea Predictor
In this lesson, students will explore patterns of genetic inheritance through a simulation. This activity was created using Lua.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/punnett-pea-predictor
Properties of Special Quadrilaterals
Explore properties of some special quadrilaterals using segments to build quadrilaterals and explore their angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-special-quadrilaterals
Need for Speed
In this lesson, students will investigate the properties of enzymes and how they affect reaction rates.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/need-for-speed
NASA - Physiology of the Circulatory System
In this lesson, students explore the circulatory system, blood pressure, and heart rate under various conditions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--physiology-of-the-circulatory-system
Traveling Blue Genes
In this lesson, students will simulate, observe, and manipulate the variables that affect the results of DNA gel electrophoresis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/traveling-blue-genes
Scavenger Hunt- Precalculus
This scavenger hunt will refresh students’ math knowledge while practicing their TI-84 graphing calculator skills. This .PDF includes: Student answer sheets, Q/A posters to hang around the room and teacher answer/hint sheet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scavenger-hunt_precalc
Vernier - Falling Objects
In this activity, students will use a Motion Detector to measure distance and velocity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--falling-objects
Vernier - Chill Out: How Hot Objects Cool
Students use a temperature probe to collect data as the warmed probe cools. Students investigate Newton's law of cooling and model cooling data with an exponential function. They fit the data to a mathematical model after analysis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--chill-out-how-hot-objects-cool