The Heartbeat of STEM
...vanced Placement biology teacher, I don’t always have the time to do as much STEM integration as I like. However, when the AP® exams are over, I utilize as many of the STEM projects as possible. “The Heart Project” is a favorite of mine to go more in depth about the circulatory system, transport ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...g the sequence value to represent the length of an edge of a square. They can be creatively arranged in such a manner as to create this image. Recognize this? “Finding Fibo!” 2. What about the curve/spiral? The familiar Fibonacci spiral can be drawn by connecting successive quarter circl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
World-Emoji-Day
Do you recognize any of these? The first (known-to-me) emojis! Yup, quite primitive, and predating the smartphone versions of the fancy emojis we know and love today. But, I do remember emails that sent images in the signature, some basic, some complex and some from people who had way too much t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...nalist videos. For the most recent contest in spring of 2022, the student teams had to imagine and design a solution that automates or optimizes something related to pets or animals. Q: What was your favorite thing about the TI Codes Contest? “My favorite thing about the TI Code...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...ersary and have been leading Teachers Teaching with Technology™ (T³™) Workshops for almost 20 years. This summer (like many other summers), we organized and led a two-day face-to-face (yay!) T³™ Summer Workshop “Leveraging the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator for ACT® Test Success” which took p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...erstand concepts more deeply. Other times, we use it to support what we’re learning about functions, allowing students to physically graph and visualize how the functions work. We also sign into the Navigator System every day, regardless of whether we have an assessment or not. The Navigator lets...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...articipation. If I stopped after reporting grades to my students, our communication would be a one-way, dead-end street. Instead, I want to capitalize on the opportunity to have an ongoing dialogue about how the students interpret their results and how they view their learning and my teaching i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...nts also wrote code in Python on their calculators as part of this project. There were several challenges — for the students as well as for the organizers — during this virtual summer camp, but the feedback from the students highlighted the value and long-term impact of this hands-on STEM experie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...tations in advance of testing, and model examples of both calculator and non-calculator questions. Separate the Sections When creating your quizzes and tests, separate the calculator and non-calculator problems into two sections. I usually put the non-calculator questions on the first page,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...e world, and supported students in naming, developing and formalizing their mathematical thinking, that the learning stuck with students. They recognized what they knew as their own knowledge, rather than a repository of information to regurgitate on an exam, then forget afterwards. Curtis is and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
Ready for winter? (Or maybe just the winter break from school?) How about a little karaoke during your snowstorm? The TI-Nspire™ Document contains a Python program sure to put you in that wintry mood because it: Has falling snow. Plays the notes to “Jingle Bells.” Displays the synchronize...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...t coloring 4. Stickers for your calculators When it comes to learning math, sometimes students need some chill reminders now and again. These “hip”-py stickers feature useful tips and reminders to help them along when they need it. Students can stick them on the back of their T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...cal aquatic ecosystem where students can change the pH and temperature of the water. They can see a possible effect on the diversity and population size of the fish that live there. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (pdf). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire CX activity...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
... costume is eerie-sistible to math teachers. Download the template and instructions for an easy DIY costume. Follow the basic instructions, or customize your costume to fit your own spooky style. Add an intense math screen for an extra fright! DIY calculator costume template for a b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...d relate to the new changes in the IB® curriculum that were about to take place. To make these activities even more usable to IB® teachers, we recognized they would also need IB® exam style questions to go hand in hand with each activity. But as IB® teachers ourselves, we knew the need would be m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...ttle computers. These two projects involving balloons and buttons have a lot of common features: Both use a graphical display Both utilize Python classes (objects) Both use get_key() and get_mouse() to determine key presses and mouse cursor positions Both make use of a while...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
... the perfect time to check it out! As one of the contributing authors, I’d love to help show you around. Let’s take a look at the highlights. The main page contains Python lessons by topics, links to 10 Minutes of Code (for TI‑Nspire™ CX II and TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculators), a col...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...and the downward force on the force sensor is the independent variable. The slope of the regression line is approximately 9.8 – which you will recognize from your physics classes as the gravitational constant, g. So all that time we spend telling students that they will “use this someday”, well, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...initely one of my favorite math ed publications ever.” — Joanie Funderburk “One on One 101: The Art of Inspired & Effective Individualized Instruction” by Robert Ahdoot Communicating effectively is an art form, and all arts have their own “secret sauce.” What is the “secret sauc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
... new classroom lesson that puts students at the controls of an airplane as they cruise through important math and science concepts. As part of his prize for winning the contest, Alex traveled to Dallas where he visited with mathematicians and scientists at TI, sat in the cockpit of a flight simul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...edure from a big picture perspective. For instance, the above program will work great, so long as x1 and x2 are not equal. But what about dividing by zero? We need a way to deal with the situation of undefined slope. Once your students explore a little bit, they will see a need for dealing with t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...o see themselves as capable, creative thinkers and doers in STEM. As educators, we must reflect on what implicit biases must be addressed, and recognize and acknowledge what students bring to the class. This helps educators understand their students. In an effort to use data as a reflection tool,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...dia instructional design that are helpful to consider as many of us are pivoting to online instruction. “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” by David Epstein. The book makes a compelling case for the importance of creativity and being agile and able to make connections across ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...aner can be viscous). They then add the correct number of drops of 1.0 molar sodium hydroxide solution until the acid in the cleaner has been neutralized and the phenolphthalein indicator goes from colorless to faint pink. Using the relationship Macid x Vacid = Mbase x Vbase, students calculate t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...tly typed. The menus can help when introducing and reinforcing new topics. Students don’t have to remember the exact syntax; they only need to recognize which one to select. It also avoids keyword typos. Notice, the templates below have the keywords in black and use blue placeholders to indicate ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience