Scavenger Hunt- Precalculus
This scavenger hunt will refresh students’ math knowledge while practicing their TI-84 graphing calculator skills. This .PDF includes: Student answer sheets, Q/A posters to hang around the room and teacher answer/hint sheet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scavenger-hunt_precalc
Rare Diseases, Hopeful Research
This problem-based activity gives middle grades and high school science students a glimpse into the research laboratory.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rare-disease
Making Limits Exist
In this activity, students will graph piecewise functions and evaluate numerically and graphically the left hand limit and the right hand limit of the function as x approaches a given number, c.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-limits-exist
Profit Equations and Calculus
In this activity for the TI-84 Plus CE, students will discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between a function and its first and second derivatives, namely a profit function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/profit-equations-and-calc_84
Approximating the Area Under a Curve
In this activity, students will explore approximating the area under a curve using left endpoint, right endpoint, and midpoint Riemann sums.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/approximating-the-area-under-a-curve
Voronoi Diagrams
In this TI-84 family activity, students will create Voronoi Diagrams and apply them to real world scenarios.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/voronoi-diagrams_84
Extrema and Concavity
Students learn how to find and label extrema using first and second derivatives, be able to inspect a graph and determine which extrema the function has, and be able to use trace, fMin, and fMax to verify the computed answers and find critical values for parametric functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/extrema-and-concavity
The t-test
Students will practice t-test calculations using their TI-84 technology, just as they will be required to do so during examinations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/t@test_84
Zooming In On Local Linearity
In this activity, students will explore the behavior of various functions by zooming in on their graphs. They will investigate the concept of local linearity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/zooming-in-on-local-linearity
Binomial PDF Color
This activity involves binomial trials, distributions, and probabilities. Students can create the binomial distribution following the steps in Binomial_Pdf_Eye_Color_Create-84 document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/binomial-pdf-color_84
Pearson's vs Spearman's
In this activity, students will discuss and discover when and how to use both the Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pearsons-vs-spearmans@84
Building Bridges Between Engineering and Mathematics
In this activity, students walk through an engineering design project that has a cool algebra twist. Students will develop a foundational relationship between mass, force, and gravity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/building-bridges-between-engineering-and-mathematics
Transforming Fish
In this activity, students will discover how pictures formed by graphing ordered pairs can be stretched (and shrunk) by multiplying (and dividing) the coordinates.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transforming-fish
Creating Boxes
Students graph the relationship between the length of the sides of the cut-out squares and the volume of the resulting box. They trace the graph to decide the best square-size which can result in a box of maximum volume.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/creating-boxes
Guppies and Frogs
In this activity, students will create equations with two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities. They will also graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/guppies-and-frogs
e – The Natural Number Coding Challenge
Celebrate the natural number by having your students write a program to approximate e. Students will apply a convergent series to approximate e.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/e-the-natural-number-coding-challenge
Code The Anthem
Students are challenged to code the national anthem and simulate a flyover using the TI-84 Plus CE and the TI-Innovator Hubhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/code-the-anthem
Approaching the Golden Ratio
Students will observe that the ratio of consecutive terms in all Fibonacci-like sequences approaches the Golden Ratio.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/approaching-the-golden-ratio
AP Precal Live: Difference Quotients and AROC
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore average rates of change.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_diff-quotients
Compound Interest
This activity for the TI-84 Plus CE family, involves exploring the formula for compound interest as a function of the initial deposit, interest rate, and the number of pay periods per year.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/compound-interest_84
What is Log - 84
In this activity, students will solve simple logarithmic equations and verify solutions using the corresponding exponential equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-is-log-@-84
AP Precal Live: Trig Identities
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore several examples on solving trigonometric equations and inequalities using both a restricted domain and finding all solutions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_trig-identities
AP Precal Live: Exam Prep
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore questions which use technology to prepare for the AP Precalculus Exam.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_exam
AP Precal Live: Periodic Functions
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore periodic functions and their characteristics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_periodic
AP Precal Live: Rational Functions
In this AP Precalculus Live session, we will explore several examples on finding zeros, holes, vertical asymptotes, and end behavior of rational functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ap-precal-live_rational-functions