Electron Vocabulary
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review the vocabulary used in studying electron behavior.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electron-vocabulary
Vernier - Bungee Jump Accelerations
Students use an Accelerometer to analyze the motion of a bungee jumper and determine a point where there is maximum and minimum acceleration in the course of the motion. They also compare the experimental data with an actual bungee jump.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--bungee-jump-accelerations
Energy Skate Park - PhET (HS)
TBDhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energy-skate-park--phet-hs
Making Cents of Density
In this activity, students will measure the mass and volume of several collections of a coin type and enter the data into their handhelds and explore for patterns. Students will also make a plot of mass vs. volume and create a mathematical model that demonstrates the relationship between mass and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-cents-of-density
Vernier - Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions
Students will study temperature changes caused by the evaporation of alkenes and alcohols and relate this data to the strength of intermolecular forces of attraction. They will also predict, and then measure, the temperature change for other liquids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--evaporation-and-intermolecular-attractions
Equipotentials and Electric Fields
In this activity, students will explore concepts related to equipotentials near point charges and the relationship between equipotentials and electric fields. Students will use a simulation to plot equipotentials near a single positive charge, near two positive charges, and near a positive and a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equipotentials-and-electric-fields_1
Exploring Hooke's Law
Students will conduct experiment to determine the spring constant of a spring scale and interpret data to find a linear fit for the data points.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-hookes-law
Vernier - Reflectivity of Light
In this activity, students will use a Light Sensor to measure reflection values from paper of various colors and compare these values to reflection values of aluminum foil. They will also calculate percent reflectivity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--reflectivity-of-light
Which Way?
Students' use a motion detector to examine how different types of motion affect the shape of the Distance versus Time plot. They explore how changes in direction and other factors affect the shape of the plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/which-way
Falling Down
In this activity, students' will determine the average speed of a falling object. They will observe whether or not changing the mass and keeping the same shape have an effect on the average speed of the object.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/falling-down
Vernier - The Magnetic Field in a Slinky
Students use a Magnetic Field Sensor to measure the magnetic field and the current in a solenoid. They explore factors that affect the magnetic field, study how the field varies in parts of the solenoid, and determine the permeability constant.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--the-magnetic-field-in-a-slinky
What's Your Speed?
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to determine what effect the speed at which a person moves has on the appearance of the Distance versus Time plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-your-speed
Work-Energy Theorem Applied to a Cart Pulled Down a Track
In this activity, students will analyze the relationship between the maximum speed of a cart pulled by a falling mass and the work done by gravity. Students will measure the speed of the cart, calculate the work in each trial, make a graph of speed vs. work, and determine an equation which will ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/workenergy-theorem-applied-to-a-cart-pulled-down-a-track
Vernier - Friction
Students study how the nature of two materials in contact, and the smoothness of their surfaces affect the magnitude of the sliding force of friction. They use a force sensor to measure frictional force for different surfaces.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--friction
Using CBR in Egg Drop Competition
Egg drop competition is a popular activity to reinforce the lessons in force and motion. In the activity, the students are asked to design a vehicle to carry the egg safely when dropped from a height of 10 feet (about 3 m) or more. Real-time and concrete data collected and analyzed during the de...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-cbr-in-egg-drop-competition
Simulation of the Photoelectric Effect for the TI-83+/TI-84+ Graphing Calculator
The simulation generates photoelectrons into a retarding potential difference. Students can adjust the retarding potential so that the kinetic energy of the photoelectrons can be found. With this information and the wavelength of the photon that generated the photoelectron, Planck's constant ca...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/simulation-of-the-photoelectric-effect-for-the-ti83ti84-graphing-calculator
Skip Counting by 5
Students will compare counting sequences on their calculator with the patterns they generate on their own hundreds chart.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skip-counting-by-5
Slow Down - Speed Up
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to observe the effect of speeding up, slowing down, and moving at a constant rate on a Distance versus Time plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slow-down--speed-up
Swing Thing
In this activity, students will construct a pendulum and create a motion plot for a swinging pendulum. They will also identify characteristics that affect a pendulum's motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/swing-thing
The Ball and All of Its Energy
Students will collect data using a CBR-2 and a ball. The will create an Nspire document to analyze the energy of that toss. Students learn how to collect data, create documents and graphs to analyze data and understand the ideas of conservation of energy.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-ball-and-all-of-its-energy
Toys on a slope
Participants analyze data from toys rolling down a slope. Velocity is determined using lists and graphs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/toys-on-a-slope
Who Started It All? The Spread Of Disease
Students predict the spread of disease to be exponential. They then do a hands on "sharing of bodily fluids" and see the actual data and compare these results to the projected model. You actually see the number of infected after each sharing to see the shift of the model easier. Written to be c...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/who-started-it-all--the-spread-of-disease
Blackbody Radiation
This program will produce the blackbody radiation curve for one or two objects when the student inputs the temperature(s) in kelvin. The program will also display on the curve the peak frequency and wavelength when one object is selected.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/blackbody-radiation
Centripetal Acceleration
To observe the centripetal acceleration of an object in uniform circular motion. Relate the changes in velocity and radius to the centripetal acceleration.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/centripetal-acceleration
Circular Motion
In UCM, the net force called Fc is equal to mv2/r and is directed toward the center. This is demonstrated by an object that is suspended by a string and is moving in a circular path which makes a conical pendulum. In this experiment, you will measure the tension and the length of the string to ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circular-motion_1