Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...ere were ways that they could safely save and invest money (microsaving apps, Roth IRA, interest yielding savings and checking accounts, index mutual fund). This time, some of the three friends decided to place their saved money into a Roth IRA account that yielded an annual percentage rate of 9%...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...ternet, going to more conferences and looking at what others are doing in the classroom. I try to soak in every idea that comes my way! What are some fun or unique ways you help your students learn? I've always loved using technology in the classroom, because teaching is so much more than lectur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...nd molecules. Having students collect data on the chemical phenomena helps them to “see” how these particles interact and react while making learning fun and teaching them how to become scientists. In 2015, I attended the T³™ International Conference in Philadelphia. At this conference, I was...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...women to pursue careers in engineering. Recently, Marie was a panelist at an International Women’s Day event and “Girls and Code, Montreal Movement”. Fun fact: English is not her first language, it’s French! Estefannie of @estefanniegg Estefannie is an embedded apps software engineering lead (ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...e represented the mathematician formerly known as Fibonacci! “Finding Fibo!” 3. Now, the art! This spiral is wonderful, and it becomes more fun when you unleash students’ creative artistic abilities. Two images that I found were the Fibonacci elephant and the Fibonacci parrot. Makes you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
..., you’re not working on hardware that will make it onto the final robot, but it’s still useful. (Brookwood BITES) Do it with friends and have fun with the building and coding. (NaviGator) PARTICIPATE. (NaviGator) I would say that it’s best to understand that the project do...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...s to be put aside when the focus is teaching students about test-prep strategies. To level the playing field for all students, we can teach them some approaches to get problems correct that they might not otherwise be able to solve using traditional methods. Beth, one of the participants, pick...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...students and your sub. Check out these three featured video resources for your substitute teacher to use when you’re away 1. Families of Functions If your students are learning how to graph parent functions, TI’s Families of Functions is the go-to video resource for your s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
... that might happen) between watering cycles. Through explorations, students came to understand the architecture of the code (construction, syntax and functionality) through this project and by working hard to meet the customer’s needs. At the end of the project, students had a chance to present t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...le to participate in person in the summer of 2022, Bishop organized another camp with TI technology. This camp was focused more on strengthening math fundamentals like ratios, rates and proportions. We wanted to learn more about both these camps and how other educators could conduct similar ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...n an ongoing learning experience, and one I’d like to share more about with you! As podcast fans ourselves, we thought it would be interesting and fun to put our discussions out into the world in the form of a podcast, providing anytime, anywhere access to ideas, questions and considerations f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...what would it take to make the U.S. flag? (Warning: You might need some patience to go with your patriotism!) Tip: You can use both ti_draw functions (to make the red, white and blue rectangles) and Turtle functions (to make the stars) in the same program. Here’s some Turtle code that m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...hange my lesson plan and bring in new materials and activities to help explain the same concept in a different way until they understand it. What are fun or unique ways you teach your students? By nature I’m a designer, I love designing lesson plans or things. I love anything that has open-ended ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...students’ data points — yet another way to find pi! 2: Have your Pi and eat it, too! Have you heard of the Buffon’s needle problem? This problem approximates pi by dropping needles. Well, wouldn’t it be safer and tastier to use breadsticks?!? Yum! Watch this how-to video: 3: Be rational...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...taking an IB® exam, we also need to review the calculator polices. Each calculator is only allowed to do so much for a student, therefore some of the functions on the handhelds are restricted and must be turned off. TI calculators can be put in Press-to-Test mode that will do this without much ef...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...ally get a “yes” from their intended target. Puppies, doughnuts, balloons, sky writing, and more … but yes, even calculators are being used to make a fun — and unique — promposal to get a “yes”, and maybe even a giggle too. I mean, who can say no to a pretty little calculator screen? Let’s take...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...ger in my classroom this year. There are eight main topics. The topics are in no particular order. Meaning, you could teach Loops before Lists and Functions after Loops. You choose the order that makes sense to you. Python lessons by topic on TI’s computer science resources website. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...created a lesson that “builds bridges” between math and science concepts. To help get you started, we’ve outlined some tips that will help you plan a fun – and meaningful – project for your students. Tip 1: Raid your science teachers’ closets. As a math teacher, your closet is full of things only...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
...ional statements ( If/Then), Loops (For, While), you know, the fun stuff! This really is my favorite part about programming -- the same logic usually applies across all languages. The syntax is the only thing that changes from one programming language to another, so, once you’ve mastered TI-Basic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
... on what actually matters in helping all students learn mathematics. “This is definitely one of my favorite math ed publications ever.” — Joanie Funderburk “One on One 101: The Art of Inspired & Effective Individualized Instruction” by Robert Ahdoot Communicating effectivel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...its can be done with students during the learning phase of the morning session, and then in the late morning or afternoon session, you can add in the application (project) from each unit of the 10 Minutes of Code. Below is a picture of Unit 1, Project Traffic Light. Students program an RGB L...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...national STEM contest While in Dallas, Alex met with veteran Southwest Airlines pilot, Captain Adam Schindall, who consulted on STEM on the Fly. The fun, free activity and accompanying video, that stars Alex, puts students at the controls of an intercontinental airliner as they cruise through th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...e the students are to circle the ones that meet the criteria given. In the MVT one to the right, the students had calculators to be able to graph the function over the given interval to make a decision about the hypotheses. Examples of “Classifying a Mathematical Object” task: ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...ch your calculator to that mode, you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide complex numbers. You can even calculate the powers of i. 2: Evaluating Functions On the ACT, you are often asked to evaluate functions and composition of functions. You can save time by using a feature on the TI-84 P...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...ow to program. “I went to our activities person and said we want to start a coding club and I need money for equipment, so she gave us some ideas for fundraising,” said Kachur. “We ended up raising almost $1,000 in candy bar sales, so that we could get 5 TI-Innovator Hubs along with all of the ac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub