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
roboticsweek2021
...apart and analyzed were: Samsung electronic vacuum Motorola flip phone A VEX controller A combination DVD player/karaoke machine Cisco Modular Access Router A TV remote TI calculators Northshore Robotics Team 98577A, Team Pelican, taking apart a Samsung POWERbot electronic va...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
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
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...k their hypothesis with the simulation. Now have students revisit the previous four questions. · Did your answer stay the same? If not, which ones changed? · What’s the probabilit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...ctions and more Understanding the function of various parts of the human brain Investigating and discussing factors dealing with immunity and vaccines Examine the four parts of the brain impacted by the zombie virus. If you want to keep the zombie fun going for a ful...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
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
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...te. AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Te...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
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
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
...students lack the mathematical understanding needed to solve problems and, as a result, make conceptual errors even with the help of a calculator for computations. I find it helpful to let students explore their calculators without giving them any instructions on how to use it. Most students can...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
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...same interest and confidence in math and science, so when an opportunity to partner with Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) came to my attention combining all of these things, I threw my heart and head into this project to make it happen. It is such a joyful event when different aspects of m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
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
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ents’ STEM skills sharp this summer, and we’re sharing them with you: #1. Meet the “STEM Squad” Starting now through September, TI’s STEM Squad will visit kids across the country sharing some of our favorite project-based learning activities that engage kids with math, science and basic engineer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...th that it takes for vehicles to drive on Mars? In this session, we programmed the new TI-Innovator™ Rover using mathematics to drive, make turns and complete a challenge. Best part: no coding experience needed and we used the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Link to presentation>> The Mat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...viduality to the table. What is your primary goal for the students you are teaching? I want them to leave school with skills that will help them be successful in life – whether in the workforce or just real life. Knowing how to persevere and be confident in overcoming challenges is important, esp...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... commands to let us set up and draw our graph. Add the PlotLib module: menu > TI PlotLib > import ti_plotlib as plt Now that we have access to the commands we need, have the students set their window, add the grid, add the axes and pick a color. Once the students have added ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...rthermore, it’s that randomness that catches the interest of the students and gives them an opportunity to be invested in the outcome. How can we accomplish this? By following the instructional arc of Intuition Confidence Simulation Calculation This instructional arc is a ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...nterests. My goal as a teacher will be to help the next generation find their passions and hopefully expose them to the STEM skills they need to be successful members of the 21st century workforce. If you can integrate STEM concepts into problems your students are passionate about, where they ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
...ps prior, and they were able to assimilate that with this project). (My ❮3 was happy!) Math connections? Yes! We have since revisited this emoji project/challenge and what the students have learned since that time is the concept of creating a function in Python. We have em...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...What was your favorite thing about the TI Codes Contest? “My favorite thing about the TI Codes Contest was overcoming the initial problems. The success felt after a hard obstacle is a great feeling.” — NaviGator Building a working model of the group idea. It was invigorating to ex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
...dered the math that it takes for vehicles to drive on Mars? In this session, we will code robotic vehicles using mathematics to drive, make turns and complete a challenge. Best part: no coding experience needed! Technology: TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator; TI-Innovator™ Rover Link to presentati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...te from Texas Tech University, he has a passion for helping educators discover ways to enrich the classroom learning experience and support student success. The teacher may be out, but learning is still in. Explore our collection of video lessons to make sure your students can continue their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
... later, when they’re the ones explaining to the students around them about how their math is right. I love to watch that change in mindset. If all I accomplish this year is changing these kids’ minds about math, then I’ll feel on top of the world. What TI technology do you use in the classroom, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month