Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...ACHING FOR HOW LONG: 31 years Tim in his own words: Why did you become a teacher? The short answer is that teachers are the people in my life who have made the biggest impact on me. They’re the ones who ultimately made me realize that I’d like to give back and teach others, just like they did f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Building a Band With Famous Mathematicians
...over a certain number of spaces creates rhythmic patterns, as found in Elvis Presley’s American rockabilly standard, “Hound Dog.” And the Fibonacci sequence shows up in the keys of a piano, so the Italian mathematician “is not only on keyboards, he’s ‘in’ the keyboard,” Sword explained. Our imagi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/june/music-in-math
Analysis and Approaches
...e exams --> In this activity, students will differentiate between 2D and 3D polygons and shapes. 2D or Not 2D, That is the Question In this activity, students will be finding both the Surface Area and Volume of several 3D objects. 3D Surface Area ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches
Multicolored
... The hue for you is … Mulitcolored! Happy, hopeful and full of spirit — your love for different colors highlights that you are up for anything. You can’t wait to tackle the next adventure and put some newfound skills t...https://education.ti.com/en/snapapp/calculate-your-color/multicolored
Question-6
Question-6 global website You have the day off! What will you do with your free day? START A NEW PROJECT GO ON ...https://education.ti.com/en/snapapp/calculate-your-color/question-6
Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
...calculus, a course I had taught often, but on this day there was a new wrinkle — each of my students had a graphing calculator, and none of them had ever used one before. (We had secured a classroom set of the devices through a grant.) To be honest, I really didn’t know what I was doing. I had n...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Lisa Goddard
... work on trying out different activities, instead of teaching the same ho-hum lessons every day. I’ve found that introducing concepts through new, unique activities really gets my students excited. What do you love most about teaching? I absolutely love seeing that aha! moment from students. It ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/march/teacherofthemonth
Solution 12028: Differences in the TI-84 Family Student and Teacher Calculators.
... Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Can the student unit connect like the teacher unit to the different projection devices? Any TI-84 Plus or TI-84 Plus Silver Edition calculator will connect to the current TI-83 Plus Viewscreen panel and the TI-Presenter using th...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/general-information/12028
Preparing a TI calculator for the International Baccalaureate (IB) exam or IB Diploma Programme Maths exams
...are permitted for use on the IB exam. Since Press-to-Test mode on the TI-84 Plus family of calculators restricts all apps and programs, manually removing selected apps is required. Solution 40391: Preparing a TI calculator for the International Baccalaureate (IB) exam or IB Diploma Programme ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/40391
Number Cube Sums
Students explore experimental probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by rolling two number cubes and recording and analyzing the sums that come up.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/number-cube-sums
Tiles in a Bag
Students explore probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by drawing tiles out of a bag.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tiles-in-a-bag
Picturing Percents
Students represent percents on a 10 X 10 grid. They use the grid and the calculator to generate patterns that lead to methods for calculating percentages.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/picturing-percents
Constant Weight Gain
Students find information in different types of graphs, organize information to construct graphs, and make predictions based on graphs. They also learn to use the calculator to perform constant operations of addition and subtraction.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constant-weight-gain
Busy Hands
Students will make their own finger signs for the numbers from zero to ten. Students will relate each finger sign to its numeral and then explore number sentences using the calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/busy-hands
Crunching Numbers
Students learn to build and add two digit numbers. They connect number words and numerals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/crunching-numbers
Data Analysis and Probability
Students explore the basics in data analysis and probability.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/data-analysis-and-probability
Map It!
Students explore map making. Students read a story, identify the locations of different places in the story, decide the distance between each set of places in the story, and create a map with a legend.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/map-it
How do You Measure Up? (with the TI-10)
Students measure weight, height, and length with the help of a balance, scales, rulers, yardstick, and tape measures. They use their TI-10 to find proportions and to round off answers to whole numbers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-do-you-measure-up-with-the-ti10
Mean As A Balance Point
In this lesson, students calculate deviations from the mean, how far each value is above or below the mean. Students also focus on the balance point of a distribution, where the sum of the absolute deviations below the mean is equal to the sum of the absolute deviations above the mean.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mean-as-a-balance-point-bc
Box Plots
In this lesson, students plot the two extreme values (minimum and maximum), the lower quartile (LQ), upper quartile (UQ), and the median (a five-number summary) on a number line to create a graph called is a box plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/box-plots-bc
Golden Rectangles
Students measure rectangles and calculate ratio between the sides. They compare the ratio to the Golden Ratio (1.618).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/golden-rectangles
Thrift Store Markdowns
Students will calculate a series of discounts using increasing unit fractions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/thrift-store-markdowns
Making Cookies
Students will reduce a cafeteria recipe to suit a household recipe. They use compatible numbers to choose smaller measurements while retaining the original proportions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-cookies
Building Expressions
In this lesson students view expressions as objects in their own right and interpret the form and structure of an algebraic expression. Students focus on comparing expressions and establish a foundation for the definition of equivalent expressions. Students also consider how to verify that expres...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/building-expressions-bc
What is an Equation?
In this lesson students begin by establishing the difference between an expression and an equation. Students then investigate expressions and equations to develop what it means to have a solution to an equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-is-an-equation-bc