Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...t the start of practice, the band director sent the boys back to the band room to retrieve something he pretended to forget. Putterman and the “TI Prize Patrol” arranged for balloons spelling M-A-T-H and the marching band to shout “surprise” when the boys returned. Nate and Jeffery were surprised...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...? So now, troop leaders and Council Program Managers can contact their local ETC to schedule a STEM experience for their girls. We can deliver customized content based on the age of your Girl Scouts and program goals. When I spoke with Laurie Wirt, Membership Manager at Girl Scouts of Ohio’s H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...tes, According to ACT 2018 Report The Condition of STEM 2017 About The Author: Peter Balyta, Ph.D., leads academic engagement and corporate citizenship for Texas Instruments, and is the president of TI Education Technology. He serves on a variety of boards that support his desire to engage ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...ted videos with over 460 examples that illustrate and explain these essential graphs and their transformations. This easy-to-use resource can be utilized in several ways: As a teaching and learning tool inside and outside the classroom As independent study and review To augment a flip...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...tor costume. Haunted! Or hoax? Put your students on a creepy case as they explore STEM and the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve. Ask students to analyze the science to decide if there’s even a ghost of a chance that a ghost is haunting the highway. Designed to complement middle school physical sc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
... teach math, Python to enhance math or computer science that uses math? I decided the answer to all the questions above was, “Yes!” Why make it one size fits all? Therefore, this is a “choose your own adventure” in coding blog. Find something that strikes your fancy. Some projects I would use if ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...is allows us to work on my next recommendation: Build the relationships you have with your students and their families. As educators, we all recognize that relationships are the most important aspect of our work. The global pandemic has heightened the importance of relationships, as our student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
... former student Tristan. “It’s literally why I come to work every day. It’s not for paperwork, or angry parents or lunch duty, it’s to help kids realize that the highest levels of math aren’t out of reach; it is something they can be successful at,” Meyer said. He concluded: “I joke with my stude...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...make connections to their own understandings, true learning doesn’t really happen, and we (or a future teacher) will be reteaching the same content again down the road. In short, working with fewer math concepts and providing the classroom structures and time to deeply engage pays off in student ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...ific error-analysis tasks pertaining to calculator use. Using a set of 20 Calculator Mysteries Task Cards, I have students look at each problem, analyze the work specifically entered into the calculator, and identify the error and how to correct it. Then, I ask them to find the correct answer whi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
... them up for success by clearly outlining what you expect from your students from beginning to end. No more raising hands — randomize how you call on students There are so many ways to diversify how you call on your kids: popsicle sticks, randomization apps or simply follow...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
... I have a few students that tell me that they forgot to do an assignment or attend an online class because they forgot what day it was or didn’t realize the time. Set a countdown reminder for your students. If it were in my classroom, there would be a number that we would tear down each day w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...rent spaces, as well as different teaching schedules daily. When I first started the school year, I would set everything up for my class only to realize I’d set it up in the wrong classroom! Previously, I used a notebook to record my to-do list, but I’ve recently switched to one that I can ea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
... and started with the introductory TI Codes lessons. Within 10 minutes they had written their first program. Their sweet faces gleamed when they realized they had created something on the calculator. It was inspiring to see their creativity shine through and their minds processing the possibiliti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
To STEM and Beyond!
...ukebox housed the TI-Innovator™ Hub, played songs and had a light show! Students used their geometry skills to code the TI-Innovator™ Rover through mazes that used the built-in RGB and range (distance) sensors. They created automated machines that used the TI-SensorLink Adapter and a Vernier sens...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...rn basic programming by working with the TI-Innovator Hub and the TI-Innovator Rover. Many of the kids were having so much fun, they didn’t even realize they were learning important math and science skills. And, the STEM Squad has several other visits up their sleeve. Who knows? TI’s STEM Squad m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...y did you become a teacher? I’ve always liked the idea of helping others. Initially, I choose a pre-med path in college, but while in college I realized that I really enjoyed helping my friends with math homework. During this time, I decided teaching was more fulfilling to me, than the idea of g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...ind. The fact that Lillie can’t see never slowed her down – until the end of her sophomore year at Turpin High School. Lillie’s lack of sight jeopardized her chance to use her gift for mathematics, especially in classes like AP Statistics, where graphs and other visual representations are require...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...r the desks in the order you want them filled. There are always new students added to the roster during the week, and the numbering provides an organized way for you to designate where an unexpected student should sit. Write numbers corresponding to the desks on the back of the note cards. On t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... Jennifer Findley, at www.jenniferfindley.com, guides students to justify with an anchor chart: Justification anchor chart. We realized early on in teaching justification that student mindsets had to be addressed. Students needed to develop a level of comfort with the idea of ju...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...if they haven’t yet encountered it. Several items that are found on TI-84 Plus buttons are in TI-Nspire CX menu options: Window/Zoom, Trace, and Analyze Graph. To edit a function definition that was previously entered, display the entry line and press the up arrow to return to f1(x). If the lab...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...nding your own finances is to do a financial asset inventory. A simple way to do this is to create a spreadsheet, or document like this one, to organize and record your financial assets. Once you know what you have, you will be better able to manage. Next, create a budget. Once again, a spreadsh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...eaching believing that they’re going to save the world, but that’s just not reality. Instead, I would say start small. Focus on your niche. I’ve realized that picking one area to excel in is much better than being mediocre in a lot of different areas. What do you love most about teaching? I love...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...aphing calculator. Vernier and Texas Instruments worked together to create an application on the TI-Nspire™ CX II handheld that will collect and analyze data. One of my favorite activities is where students use three different liquids — water, acetone and alcohol — and the temperature sensor to d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...es, and 8 “grid-in” questions with no choices provided. There is also a set of reference formulas and diagrams provided for your use; so don’t memorize what is already given. For more information about the structure and content of the test , go to the SAT® Math Test webpage. For the grid-in qu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84