The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...from the Connected Chemistry Curriculum (found at connchem.org) that is interesting, robust with meaning, and foolproof. All we need is a few hundred pennies (or buttons, M&M’S®, etc.). Students start out with 40 reactant pennies and zero product pennies. They move the pennies from the reactant t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...r before Y1, and select RED. To fill out your heart, press STAT, then select 1:Edit. In L1 and L2, enter points that you think will create the top shape of a heart. Then, press the 2nd key and y=, followed by enter twice to turn on Plot1. Then, press graph, and you should see a heart. You may nee...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
Put a paint stick on the edge of a table with a little less than half the length hanging off the table‘s edge. Now, karate chop it. Did it break? Of course not. It just flew off the table, still intact. Now, do the same set up – this time laying a large piece of newspaper across the part of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
How can you get a hard-boiled egg inside of a milk bottle without pushing it? What you’ll need: Milk bottle or equivalent with an opening diameter of about 2.5” to 3” Small to medium hard-boiled egg Cooking oil Matches or a lighter 3” x 3” piece of paper What to do: Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...teachers asked us to make their graphing calculator more responsive as they are using it increasingly to explore an array of complex, STEM concepts," Peter Balyta, Ph.D., president of TI Education Technology “Students and teachers asked us to make their graphing calculator more responsive as th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators
In a first-ever undertaking of its kind, four of the nation’s key education leadership groups have partnered to define a strategy for improving and advancing STEM learning for all students. Over the past year, Advance CTE, the Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM), the Council o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/a-first-of-its-kind-stem-strategy-charts-path-to-help-educators
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...beliefs. We choose our careers. I’d like to think I chose engineering, but in reality, engineering chose me. My choice: I was going to be a doctor, a pediatrician to be exact. I researched childhood diseases, maintained notebooks and interviewed my pediatrician. I went to the library regularly to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Enter for a Chance to Win a TI-84 Plus CE
You may have gotten a sneak peek at our brand-new custom TI calculator pool float on Instagram. It made such a splash that we want to give one away. What better way to help you take the plunge as you start thinking about going back to school? There are 7 ways to win and we will be giving away p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/contest
You only get one “first day of school” – use it wisely
... student Play-Doh and let them make something that describes what they did that summer. After all, who doesn’t like playing with Play-Doh? 2. Set Expectations It may not be the most exciting part of the day, but review rules and expectations with your students from the start. Help students unde...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/firstday
#NCTMregionals Seattle 2018 Recap
...drive on Mars? In this session, we will code robotic vehicles using mathematics to drive, make turns and complete a challenge. Best part: no coding experience needed! Technology: TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator; TI-Innovator™ Rover Link to presentation Promoting Productive Struggle in the Mat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/nctm-seattle
Professional basketball star donates TI calculators to his former high school
...and. The third-year Phoenix Suns forward took time to visit with students and autograph Texas Instruments “Math for the Win” T-shirts. “It is our hope at TI that this donation helps to fuel these students’ interest in STEM subjects, which can set them up for success today, in college tomorrow a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/february/tj-warren-donates
A case for handheld graphing calculators
...ers, and someone with a front-row seat to the education technology business for the past 15 years, I can assure you that this important issue runs deeper than you realize. There is little debate about the effectiveness of graphing calculators to help students learn math and science. The real ques...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Engineers who code
...reers. Get to know a few TI engineers who learned to code on their calculator and why they would encourage today’s students to learn how to code. Pedro Contreras Jr. Evan Shultz Kimberly Gonzales Mike Prigden Yamil Rivera Alex Gronbach Nathan Schemm Read ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
Which Garage Is Better?
...Which Garage Is Better? Planning and Resources Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Functions Which Garage Is Better? Students are to find the solution to a system of linear equations using technology. They are presented with two p...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-which-garage
Can You Solve a Trig Equation?
Can You Solve a Trig Equation? apcalculus website In this activity, students will practice how to solve equations involving trigonometric functions within a finite interval. Can You Solve a Trig Eq...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-can-you-solve-a-trig-equation
Back in Time
Back in Time apcalculus website Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs, and an input-output diagram.*NEW/UPDATED Back In Time? ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-back-in-time
Can You Solve a Trig Equation?
Can You Solve a Trig Equation? apcalculus website In this activity, students will practice how to solve equations involving trigonometric functions within a finite interval. Can You Solve a Trig Equ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-can-you-solve-a-trig-equation
Exponential Reflections
Exponential Reflections apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Functions Activity Overview Students determine that the inve...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-exponential-reflections
Just Move It
Just Move It apcalculus website In this activity for the TI-84 family, the movements of the parent functions f(x)= x² and f(x)= x³ will be explored. Just Move It Mat...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-just-move-it
Maximums, Minimums and Zeros
Maximums, Minimums and Zeros apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Calculus Objectives Determine when a function has a...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-calculus-min-max
Proof of Identities
...ing, visualizing and proving trigonometric identities. Objectives Students will be able to interpret reciprocal, negative angle, cofunction, and Pythagorean identities in terms of the graphs of the trigonometric functions involved. Students will be able to prove trigonometri...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-proof-of-identities
To Infinity and Beyond
To Infinity and Beyond apcalculus website In this TI-Nspire activity, students will explore the limit of a function and how the behavior of the output value approaches , as the input value approaches...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-to-infinity-beyond
Profits equations and calculus
Profits equations and calculus apcalculus website In this activity students will discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between a function and its first and second derivatives, namely a p...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-profit-equations-calculus
Profits equations and calculus
Profits equations and calculus apcalculus website In this activity students will discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between a function and its first and second derivatives, namely a pr...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-profit-equations-calculus