Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
... your first-year teaching self? Don't be so hard on yourself. Even if you make mistakes, which I still do, be forgiving of yourself and then be transparent with your students so that you are a role model for them. "The other thing I would say is, don’t give meaningless homework – give meanin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...t by displaying “HELLO WORLD” on the screen. This is a common starting point in learning any programming language. Luckily, TI offers step-by-step guidance on how to display text to the screen and other introductory programs in our 10 Minutes of Code resources. Start with Unit 1: Program Basics. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
BestofChemistry
... 4. Atomic Structure and Periodic Table: Elements — Electron Configurations Discovering how the periodic table is organized can be both rewarding and daunting. This activity helps by giving students the ability to explore the various periods and groups to see how it works and reveal the patterns....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...sts. To commemorate this special week in science, I’m sharing five of my favorite ways to incorporate TI technology into your chemistry classroom. Data collection The TI-Nspire™ CX or CX II graphing calculator is an amazing tool that can be used in partnership with a Vernier sensor or probe. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
... setting it on the part of the stick that is still on the table. Karate chop it and notice the stick doesn’t break. When the paper is placed completely flat on top of the stick, it serves as a large surface area for the air above it to push down on the paper – and by extension, onto the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...oom. In this follow-up post (part 2), I intend to present ideas for how CAS can be utilized to benefit the algebra II classroom. Finding a lowest common denominator In my algebra I post, the Factor tool was employed as an approach to motivate students to recognize patterns between the prime ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Summer of STEM: Disappearing Cups
...rd pressure. Notice the polystyrene is dissolving into the acetone. How it works: Polystyrene is made up of monomers of styrene, an organic compound (C6H5CH=CH2). When polystyrene is being produced it exists in a liquid state (like a gooey, thick liquid). As polystyrene is prod...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/disappearing_cups
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
...o create custom slide covers for TI’s newest graphing calculator, the TI-84 Plus CE. “These designs aren’t meant to replace the protective cover that comes with your TI calculator,” says Galu, “but it does give you some options if you lose your case or simply want to be the envy of everyone’s eye...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
AP® Calculus Resources
...ace Area and Volume In this activity, students will discuss and use multiple ways to answer financial questions involving loans, compound interest, amortization tables, saving money using annuities, and depreciation of assets. Amortization In this activ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities
Applications and Interpretation
...ace Area and Volume In this activity, students will discuss and use multiple ways to answer financial questions involving loans, compound interest, amortization tables, saving money using annuities, and depreciation of assets. Amortization In this activi...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation
Analysis and Approaches
...ace Area and Volume In this activity, students will discuss and use multiple ways to answer financial questions involving loans, compound interest, amortization tables, saving money using annuities, and depreciation of assets. Amortization In this activ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches
Mission Celebration: Use Math to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
...TEM principles that make space exploration possible. The challenges are organized in six categories, each containing questions and riddles of varying complexity, with points awarded based on the degree of difficulty. From cracking a code using TI’s basic programming language to calculating the tr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/july/missioncelebration
Solution 37038: Backup and restore TI-84 Plus family graphing calculator files to a computer using TI Connect CE™ software.
...d in the computer will not detect it. Then, turn the calculator on by pressing the [ON] button. 3) Select the TI Connect CE “Calculator Explorer” workspace from the workspace panel on the left. 4) Click on the file names you would like to select (To select all calculator files, click on [Edit] th...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/37038
Solution 11521: Installing New TI Key Fonts on a Windows® Computer.
...ore than one font to add, hold down the CTRL key, and then click each of the fonts to be added.• To add fonts from a network drive without using disk space on the computer, make sure that the Copy fonts to Fonts folder check box, in the Add Fonts dialog box, is clear. • A .TXT file may be include...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/11521
Solution 12161: String Commands on the TI-89 Family, TI-92 Family, and Voyage™ 200 Graphing Calculators.
...ates the characters in a string. The default is -1 (rotate right one character). shift - Shifts the characters in a string and replaces them with spaces. The default is -1 (shift right one character and replace with one space). string - Converts a numeric expression into a string. This it...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/other-graphing/product-usage/12161
Outbreak!
In this activity, students simulate the spread of a virus. They produce a graph representing the spread and analyze the rates of change over time. Students compare how viral and bacterial infections spread in a population.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/outbreak
Reaction Rates
Student will see how the decomposition of nitrogen dioxide creates nitric oxide and oxygen. Students and/or teacher will use this to demonstrate how you would find the reaction rates using the numbers that are given in the problem, and then maybe using numbers that they obtain on their own with ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/reaction-rates
Simple Ionic Compounds
In this lesson students will review and test their understanding of simple ionic compounds.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/simple-ionic-compounds
NY Chemistry Regents (January 2009)
This TNS file contains the 30 Part A multiple choice questions and answers from the January 2009 Chemistry Regents exam for New York State. The complete exam may be found at http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scire/regentchem.htmlhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ny-chemistry-regents-january-2009
Vernier - Photosynthesis
Students will use a Colorimeter to compare the rates of photosynthesis for plants in different light conditions. They investigate the role of chloroplasts and light on photosynthesis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--photosynthesis
Something's Fishy
In this activity, students examine the size, mass, and growth rates for three species of fish. They interpolate and extrapolate from best-fit models. Students compare the growth rates of endothermic and exothermic animals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/somethings-fishy
Cell Components
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review the terms associated with the structures that comprise a living cell.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cell-components
Electrolysis of Water
Students will learn to write the half reactions that occur at each electrode during the electrolysis of water, performed in microscale using a 9V battery as a power source. In monitoring the pH at each electrode, studens will learn that H2 is accompanied by the formation of OH- ions and that H+ i...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electrolysis-of-water
August 2008 Chemistry Regents
This file contains the first 30 multiple choice questions from the August 2008 New York Physical Setting (Chemistry) Regents examination. This file is for use on TI-Nspire handhelds with or without the TI-Navigator system. The Navigator system is highly recommended as it allows for quick analys...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/august-2008-chemistry-regents