Law of Large Numbers: Equal Opportunities
In this activity, students will use the Probability Simulation application to roll a fair die and explore the Law of Large Numbers. They will conduct probability experiments that involve tossing a fair die, graph the results, compare the experimental probability to its theoretical probability and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-large-numbers-equal-opportunities
Percentiles - IB
The goal of this activity is for students to use the area to the left of a value in a normal distribution to find its percentile. The process will then be reversed to find the value for a given percentile. In doing so, students will learn how to use the Normal CDF and Inverse Normal commands on t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/percentiles
Perimeters, Areas, and Slopes - Oh, My!
Students create geometric figures, and use analytic and coordinate geometry to investigate their attributes. They go through the process of proving that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perimeters-areas-and-slopes--oh-my
Properties of Parallelograms
In this activity, students go through the process of proving a quadrilateral to be a parallelogram. They understand the various characteristics of a parallelogram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms_5
Properties of Parallelograms
Students will use Cabri Jr. to construct a parallelogram. They discover three properties of parallelograms in this activity: opposite sides are congruent, opposites angles are congruent, and diagonals bisect each other.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms_6
Properties of Quadrilaterals
This activity focuses on the properties of special quadrilaterals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-quadrilaterals_2
Properties of Reflections
I use this activity in the beginning of the school year when introducing terminology such as angles, lines, segments, measures, perpendicular etc. The original material is from the SIMMS Integrated Mathematics Using Technology, I have adapted the activities to fit my objectives. Students have be...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-reflections
Properties of the Centers of a Triangle
Students investigate the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle. This activity explores interior angles, and their relationship with the exterior angles of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-the-centers-of-a-triangle
Properties of Parallel Lines with Cabri Jr.
Cabri Jr. activity to study the properties of parallel lines.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallel-lines-with-cabri-jr
Points on the Perpendicular Bisector of a Segment
In this activity, students use the drawing and measurement tools of Cabri™ Jr., to learn and understand the concept of "equidistant from the endpoints of a segment." They observe the changes if they move a point on the perpendicular bisector. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristic...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-on-the-perpendicular-bisector-of-a-segment
Polygon Area
Students will compare areas of different polygons with a fixed perimeter and find the shape that gives the maximum areahttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polygon-area
Properties of Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal
In this activity, students create parallel lines and a transversal, and study the properties of the lines and their angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallel-lines-cut-by-a-transversal
Trisecting a Square
Students will determine several ways to trisect a square. They will use Cabri Jr. to verify the square has been trisected and then prove their trisection using postulates and theorems from geometry.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trisecting-a-square
Angles of a Triangle
In this activity, students will measure angles and investigate the relationships between interior and exterior angles of a triangle. They understand the definition of interior angles, exterior angles, adjacent angles, supplementary angles, and remote interior angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-of-a-triangle
Angles of a Triangle
In this activity, students investigate the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle. They will explore interior angles, and their relationship with the exterior angles of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-of-a-triangle_1
Angles in Circles
The student will use the Cabri Jr. APP to discover the relationship between inscribed and central angles in a circle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-in-circles
Angle Bisectors and Medians of Quadrilaterals
In this activity, students will construct angle bisectors and medians in quadrilaterals and explore the properties that appear to be true for four-sided figures. They may find it necessary to review the definitions and properties of special quadrilaterals in order to construct the figures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angle-bisectors-and-medians-of-quadrilaterals
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Longshot" - Expected Value
In "Longshot", a man is murdered after the horse he bet on won a race. A notebook filled with horse racing data and equations is found on the victim. Charlie finds that the equations were designed to pick the second place finisher. He explains that the racetrack uses a pari-mutuel betting system,...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--longshot--expected-value
30-60-90 right triangles in Cabri Jr
Students will explore the relationships between the sides of 30-60-90 right triangleshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/306090-right-triangles-in-cabri-jr
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Hardball" - Less it More
In "Hardball", an amateur mathematician named Oswald Kettner creates a mathematical process that uses baseball statistics to identify players who are abusing steroids. The FBI, with Charlie's assistance, is called in to protect Oswald from being a murder target for his findings. In this activity,...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--hardball--less-it-more
Triangle Inequality
In this activity the students will use Cabri Jr. to investigate the Triangle Inequality Theorm and make conjectures about their findings.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-inequality
Ryan's Puppy Problem
This problem can be used in Geometry of Algebra. Ryan desires to build a rectangluar fence to keep his puppy in. What shape should he use if he has 8 meters of fencing?https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ryans-puppy-problem
The Tangent Ratio
In this activity students explore the tangent ratio. Students construct a right triangle using perpendicular lines, and a line that forms the hypotenuse of the triangle. When students construct the hypotenuse line it is very important that the second point that forms the line is not on the perpen...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-tangent-ratio
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Assassin" - The Escape Game
In "Assassin," Charlie is trying to figure out where a killer might strike given that he knows who the victim will be. By analyzing the movements of the would-be victim, Charlie models the decisions that the assassin will make. This is an example of behavioral game theory, where the motives of tw...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--assassin--the-escape-game
Does Your Euler Line "Wiggle"?
The students will construct an Euler line and demonstrate it is an Euler line by "wiggling" the triangle to guarantee the correct centers remain on the line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/does-your-euler-line-wiggle