It’s to Be Expected
...Students will explore tree diagrams and expected values. Students will be asked to differentiate between independent and dependent events, as well as combining probabilities. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final as...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-tobe-expected
Tower of Hanoi
... a geometric recursion using a spreadsheet Use the calculator to generate the formula and graph a Geometric Sequence Use accurate mathematical notation. Vocabulary Geometric Recursion Term Planning and Resources Legend has it that the world will end when the pu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-tower-hanoi
2D or Not 2D, That is the Question | TI-84 Plus CE Python
In this activity, students will differentiate between 2D and 3D polygons and shapes. 2D or Not 2D, That is the Question | TI-84 Plus CE Python apcalculus website In this activity, students will differ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-2d-or-not-2d
Distance vs Displacement - A Particle's Journey
In this activity, students will further discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between derivatives, integration and particle motion while using kinematics. Distance vs Displacement - A Particle's Journey apcalculus website ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-distance-v-displacement
Exploring Geometric Sequences
...s and Algebra Activity Overview Students graphically analyze geometric series using graphs, and consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and first term using sliders. Exploring Geometric Sequences Key Steps For the first part of this activity, stu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-exploring-geometric-sequences
Graphing Relationships
...formation about the concavity of the graph. Many students can understand that when a function is increasing, the derivative is positive, but they cannot correctly interpret what that means on a graph. Instead of understanding that this means the graph is always above the x-axis, some students may...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-graphing-relationships
Scientific Notation
This activity gives students an opportunity to see where large and small numbers are used and how scientific notation offers a convenient method of writing such numbers. This will be done both with and without technology. Scientific Notation apcalculus website ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-scientific-notation
Biorhythms
... the equation for their physical, emotional and intellectual cycles according to the study of biorhythms. Whilst the study of biorhythms is generally completed with Astrology – “a self-fulfilling prophetic vagueness” and “Where to find the Pixies, Gnomes and Fairies in your Garden”, the mathemati...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-biorhythms
Discrimination of Parabolas
...e parabola to transformations where the coefficient of x-square is positive one. In the next stage this is changed to negative one then finally, it becomes a variable so students can dilate and transform the parabola. Students are required to constantly refine their conjecture(s) with regards to ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-discrimination-parabola
Just Move It
... .two-columns { display: grid; grid-template-columns:auto auto; } Objectives Students will further discuss the idea of transformations and compare a transformed function to its parent function (x² and x³), both graphically and algebraically. Students will discuss the difference b...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-just-move-it
Graphs of Antiderivatives
... Activity Overview Students are provided with a series of functions consisting of polynomials, trigonometric and exponential functions and combinations thereof. The equations represent the derivative, students use their TI-Nspire to graph the original or primitive function and relate k...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-graphs-antiderivatives
Too Many Choices
...me Analysis and Approaches | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use di...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-too-many-choices
Percentiles
... and its characteristics, including but not limited to percentiles and area under a normal curve. Students will practice how to use the handheld commands Normal CDF and Inverse Normal. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses an...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-percentiles
Scientific Notation
This activity gives students an opportunity to see where large and small numbers are used and how scientific notation offers a convenient method of writing such numbers. This will be done both with and without technology. Scientific Notation apcalculus website ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-scientific-notation
Five-Figure Summary (Give Me Five)
...Students will explore tree diagrams and expected values. Students will be asked to differentiate between independent and dependent events, as well as combining probabilities. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final as...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-give-me-five
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
...view Students use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms, plot a scatter plot of each sequence, and determine that sequences with common differences (called arithmetic sequences) have scatter plots whose points form a straight line. Arithmetic Sequences and Series ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-arithmetic-sequences
Analyzing Country Data
...terpret conditional probabilities from a two-way table. Students will be able to interpret expected values from a simulation as an estimate of outcomes. Students will be able to interpret expected values as an indication of association. Vocabulary association conditional probabi...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-analyzing-country-data
Too Many Choices
...mme Analysis and Approaches | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use th...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-too-many-choices
Just Move It
... .two-columns { display: grid; grid-template-columns:auto auto; } Objectives Students will further discuss the idea of transformations and compare a transformed function to its parent function (x² and x³), both graphically and algebraically. Students will discuss the difference b...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-just-move-it
How Dense Are We?
... Approaches | Numbers and Algebra Objectives Review of computation: order of operations, directed numbers, scientific notation, estimation, exact and approximate answers. Vocabulary Scientific notation Population Density Significant figures ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-density
Families of Functions
...ts will fill in the table on the student activity sheet as they investigate the effects of parameters a, h and k on each graph. Students will use the completed table to make generalizations about the effects of a, h and k on the graphs of any function. As a result, students will: Describe th...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-families-of-functions
Tossing Dice
...As a result, students will: Observe how the simulated sampling distribution for the sums of the faces changes as the number of samples is increased. Compare their distribution of the sums of the faces of two randomly-tossed dice to their classmates' distributions, and observe how the distributio...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-tossing-dice
Can You Find Your Bearings?
...m the north. Bearings are usually given as a three-figure bearing. For example, 30° clockwise from the north is usually written as 030°. Bearings are commonly used when traveling by plane, boat, or just navigating a hike. Downloads ZIP Find Your Bearings.ZIP ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-can-you-find-your-bearings
Dynagraphs
...of a function to determine its rule. Students will discover conditions that would restrict a function's domain. Students will understand that a composition utilizes the output of the inside function as the input of the outside function. Students will understand the special relationship b...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-precalculus-dynagraphs
Pebbling the Chessboard
... Objectives Understand the limiting behaviour as n approaches infinity in a geometric sequence and its dependence on the value of the common ratio Use geometric sequences in contexts involving geometric growth or decay, such as compound interest. Vocabulary Sequence ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-pebbling-chessboard