Graphs of Sine and Cosine
The goal of this activity is for students to see how the graphs of sine and cosine 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.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-sine-and-cosine
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
Graphs of Linear Functions
Students investigate the connections between the points on a line and the equation of the line written in slope-intercept form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-linear-functions
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
Properties of Parabolas
This investigation offers an approach to show students the basic definition of a parabola as the locus of all points equidistant from a fixed point (focus) and a fixed line (directrix). Students will also interpret the equation for a parabola in vertex form and gain a visual understanding of a pa...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parabolas
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
Outbreak
Students explore a geometric sequence related to an outbreak of the flu, extrapolate to make predictions based on given data, and apply summation notation to determine the sum of any number of terms, n, in a series.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/outbreak
Graphic Designing with Transformed Functions
Create an image using transformed functions with restricted domains.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphic-designing-with-transformed-functions
Constructing an Ellipse
Students will explore two different methods for constructing an ellipse. Students discover that the sum of the distances from a point on an ellipse to its foci is always constant. This fact is then used as the basis for an algebraic derivation of the general equation for an ellipse centered at th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constructing-an-ellipse_1
Watch Your P' and Q's
Students use the Rational Zero Theorem to find all rational zeros of a polynomial.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watch-your-p-and-qs
Solving Systems using Elimination
Solve systems of three equations using the elimination method.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-using-elimination
Solving Systems of Linear Equations from Four Perspectives
Using the on-screen directions and the more detailed directions here, students will investigate four ways to solve systems of linear equations: graphically, numerically, with a data table and by matrices. Some prior familiarity with the basic functions of the TI-nspire CAS is needed. Students sho...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-of-linear-equations-from-four-perspectives
Solving Exponential Equations
Numeric, graphical and algebraic solutions to an exponential equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-exponential-equations
Exploring the Cycloid Curve
The TI Nspire's animation feature is used to show how a point on a rotating circle creates the cycloid curve. Students then examine the parametric equation of the cycloid. Finally, students are tasked with going online to investigate the terms brachistochronous and tautochronous and their relat...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-cycloid-curve
Equations of Parabolas
Students draw and measure lines and segments to discover properties of parabolas, specifically that the distance from any point on the parabola is equidistant to the focus and the directrix. They work with parabolas whose vertex is on the origin as well as off the origin and they also with parabo...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equations-of-parabolas
Cybersecurity 1: All Clear
Activity 1 introduces students to “cleartext” messaging. Students will send messages between two micro:bit radios on one of 83 radio channels using plaintext characters, referred to as cleartext. The “student hacker” will attempt to eavesdrop on the conversation by listeni...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cybersecurity-1
Cybersecurity 4- What's Your Password?
Building on the concepts learned in Activity 3, students will learn about obfuscating passwords through a method known as “hashing.” This security function shows students how a plaintext password can be scrambled and encrypted by a hashing function, such as SHA-256, in such a way that...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cybersecurity-4@-whats-your-password
Cybersecurity 5 - Turn the (Rainbow) Tables
Building on the concepts learned in Activity 4, it’s up to the student hacker to turn the tables by working out the method for hacking SHA-256 password encryption.The student hacker must search a rainbow table, which is comprised of precomputed hashes from known and frequently used password...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cybersecurity-5
Solution 11942: Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions on the TI-83 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
Solution 11942: Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions on the TI-83 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. Solution 11942: Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions on the TI-83 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. global Solution 11942: Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper F...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/11942
Trigonometry Made Easy - Trial Edition
In Trigonometry Made Easy - Trial Edition, students will use TI-Nspire™ technology to explore common trig problems utilizing step-by-step processes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trigonometry-made-easy-@-trial-edition
Modeling Basketball and Golf shots with Quadratics
Students learn the quadratic equation in vertex form by modeling President Obama shooting hoops. Then attempt to hit a hole-in-one on 3 holes of golf by determining the equation of the flight of the ball. The activity concludes with a 10-question quiz.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-basketball-and-golf-shots-with-quadratics
Roots of Radical Equations
In this activity, students will solve radical equations graphically. Several square and cubic root equations are given for students to graph and find intersections with the x-axis. Students will also use the distance formula to solve an extension problem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/roots-of-radical-equations
Polar Necessities
Students will graphically and algebraically find the slope of the tangent line at a point on a polar graph. Finding the area of a region of a polar curve will be determined using the area formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polar-necessities
Big Data Sets - Median income
Using the data in the TNS file on Median Income, students can explore trends of workers aged 15 and over across gender, race, occupation, and education and by state as of 2020.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-data-sets@-median-income
Big Data Sets - CO2 Levels
Students can explore the data of the monthly mean amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured in parts per million at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii from 1958 to 2022.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-data-@-co2-levels