How I overcame my fear of mathematics and finally understood the world
... the same? The answer was, undeniably, yes. I also realized it was time to get serious about school and preparing for college. I made educational success a priority. The angles needed for a perfect bank shot? Math. The speed I needed to check the bigger opponent into the wall instead of knockin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/overcoming-fear-of-math
Find the Frequen-Z!
...standing of sound, wavelength and frequency, as well as how feedback and control systems work – a lot of learning goes into the project. The teacher accomplishes the goal of helping students master standards related to sound, wavelength and frequency; the students do some very basic coding and cr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/july/survived-the-zombie-outbreak
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
...Webb Middle School and Sachse High School in Garland (Texas) ISD. Admittedly, we had a lot to learn. Here are five tips we learned for conducting a successful STEM camp. Tip 1: Find a compelling problem to solve. Students love to ask, “When are we going to use this?” Our challenge was not to g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...o robotics, to help all kids see that coding and the basics of engineering can be easy to learn and fun," said Balyta. "After today, I’d say mission accomplished.” Click here to see Rover in action at Travis Vanguard Academy. To learn how to get your hands on Rover, and to check out some of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...t done yet — be sure to check back often to see what new content has been added since your last visit. Throughout my relationship with TI, having access to prototype devices and early (pre-release) versions of the operating systems gave me experience with both the Python language and the TI-de...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
...ie apocalypse? Most of us would grab our family and survival kits and run to safety. However, would any of us think about using science to create a vaccine to stop the infection? In this STEM Behind Hollywood science activity, students will investigate chemistry and life sciences principles, obse...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...ition will instead require teams to create a working conductivity sensor. The rules state: “Teams will build a durable Conductivity Device that will accurately measure and display both voltage and concentrations of NaCl in parts per million (ppm) from 0 to 5000 ppm of different water samples.” ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...spiring her love of math and helping to facilitate her military career. “I can honestly say that I may have never chosen this path, or been able to succeed, without the mentorship of Mr. Marr. His mathematical abilities, which are remarkable on their own, are far outweighed by his passion for tea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...od enough to make it through the school year. If this attitude isn’t addressed from the start, it can make or break their experience and chances of success. Fortunately, there are several ways to gently help students of all types ensure they approach math with a positive mindset and feel comfort...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...d-winning math team. For his prize, TI is donating $1,500 to help with expenses for the math team. “That’s huge. At most we have about $100 in our account at any given time, and we’ve been spending a lot of our own money over the years, so this is going to be awesome,” said Ms. Meinke. Ms. Mein...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...king water conditions affect the health and well-being of populations on Earth, and discover that astronauts aboard the ISS must still guard against accidental bacterial water contamination. The concept: The Drank Tank — a water purifier that can function in zero-gravity conditions to ensure th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
.... It’s really easy to control and navigate,” said Baltimore seventh-grader Khudaijah Amin. After a bit of trial and error, just about everyone has success, but more importantly, they have fun. “It’s especially cool because we live in a world where there’s a lot of opportunities for this and it’s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
Many people know about Girl Scouts, especially when cookie season comes around and boxes of Thin Mints® and Samoas® line the break rooms of offices and accrue in the pantries of homes. Yes, the cookies are delicious, but what Girl Scouts is doing to shape girls to be the next generation of scie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...f inflection, maximum, minimum. This is encouraged throughout the video series. Get started: Download the Quick Reference Guide In order to access all the content, visit the Families of Functions modular course website, download the Quick Reference Guide and share it with your students. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...novator™ Hub. My students rose to the challenge with very little coding experience, as well as my limited knowledge, and we learned together. Their successful smiles and “yahoos” when they determined their errors, solved their problems and designed their own projects were contagious. As a result,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...perwork, 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 students that you can’t win championships in practice, but you can’t win championships with...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... without the pandemic. Shifting our perspective to focus on the positive experiences students had, though, allows us to understand that learning did occur. It may not have looked the same as in previous years, but if you look carefully, it was there. For instance, many students learned self-disci...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
If you’re a math teacher, you’re familiar with students anxiously asking to use their calculators. For them, it may feel like a secret weapon that will help them be more successful in math class. Throughout elementary school, kids trudge through adding fractions, multiplying five-digit numbers ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...? 100% engagement is possible! I started implementing questioning strategies my very first year of teaching, and I believe it is the key to student success, classroom management, and of course, engagement. Before you even start implementing this cycle of questioning, it is important to set some g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
... dinner. However, it’s important to remember that self-care isn’t always about treating yourself in the moment, but setting your future self up for success. That may include taking the stairs instead of the elevator, eating healthy instead of snacking, drinking water instead of soda, and sleeping...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...m Set // Solution Set April 26: Reviewing for the AP exam Click here to join our upcoming session. And, access all of our live sessions on our YouTube channel here. Can’t get enough of calculus? Check out our resources reviewing previous free-response...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
...ement and support. #5 – Math Teachers go above and beyond their normal duties. Math teachers go that extra mile to make sure their students are successful. Feeling inspired to thank your teacher? Download this free printable card and #ThankATeacher. Learn some of the ways the math teach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...rning opportunities. A few of years ago, I wrote “Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School.” There are many things in there that are still accurate, but I have some new suggestions in light of today’s current situation. Here are five ways to make sure that this school year is better t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...s what was needed. Along with the other teachers in Oklahoma Excel, we began to test and perfect Puzzle Problems. These are short, five to 15 minute accessible problems that allow students to practice justifying their answers first collaboratively, then individually with problem stems like “Which...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...education standards, and integrating financial literacy concepts and skills into our current curricula. In honor of Financial Literacy Month, let’s explore these objectives along with ideas on how we can incorporate financial education using the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator and TI-Nspire™...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy