Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
... a{height:auto}} As the most recommended graphing calculator brand by teachers, Texas Instruments (TI) has a long history of helping students succeed in math and science. When considering a graphing calculator, there are many reasons why TI amounts to a smart, long-term investment in a stud...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...and science concepts, including “Office Hours” for AP® Calculus and AP® Statistics. Practice: If you are enrolled in an AP® course, you should have access to AP® Classroom where you can complete practice problems that are aligned with the new tests. Set up a space that will mimic what it would b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...bage Problem In this activity for the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator, students will develop an understanding of the environmental impact of trash accumulation and the need for a plan to deal with potential garbage problems. #4. Smart Irrigation System Students are challenged to use science a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Fan’s Favorite Features on TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...tions just as they appear in your students’ textbooks. It includes a lot of shortcuts that help keep equations and answers looking more familiar and accessible. Make sure MathPrint™ mode is turned on by pressing the “mode” key. It’s the top selection on the mode menu. “I love the way that ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/five-fan-favorite-features-ti84plus
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...measured. The next thought was “big deal — what is so special about this?” How can we use this distance to control or change something else? Then it occurred to me that the TI-Innovator™ Hub could make sound frequencies, and that was where it all began. The challenge was how to use the distance t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
BA II Plus™ Professional Financial Calculator | Texas Instruments
... crunch the data. Animated tutorial movies developed by Hoonuit Professional Learning offer step-by-step instructions covering finance, real estate, accounting, marketing and statistics calculations. Finance professors and instructors can supplement their curriculum with a DVD from eLearnabout.co...https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/financial/baii-plus-professional
Properties of Quadrilaterals
The students will investigate the properties of a parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle, square, kite, trapezoid, and isosceles trapezoid by using the measurement tools of the TI-Npsire. The students will record their results on the chart. The time for the activity will vary based on the ability of...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-quadrilaterals
Discovering the Circumcenter and Centroid of a Triangle
The students will find the circumcenter by constructing perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. They will also find the centroid by constructing the medians of a triangle and discover that the centroid is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex along each median.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-the-circumcenter-and-centroid-of-a-triangle
Exploring the Geometric Means of a Right Triangle - When the Altitude to the Hypotenuse Is Drawn
Students will explore the concept of geometric mean and solve right triangle problems using geometric mean proportions. A TI-Nspire activity demonstrates interactively the geometric mean relationship, and an activity sheet applies the relationship to solve triangle problem. Most discussions of g...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-geometric-means-of-a-right-triangle--when-the-altitude-to-the-hypotenuse-is-drawn
Balancing Act
Students will explore the centriod of a triangle. They will discover that it is the center of gravity. They will balance a cardboard triangle on the end of a pencil. Then they will construct the medians with folds and pencil. After students have seen that the center of gravity is the point ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-act
Angle and Perpendicular Bisectors in a Triangle
The students will examine where the perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors of a triangle intersect. The students will circumscribe a circle around the triangle and will inscribe a circle within the triangle. There is a page at the end of each activity with the circle constructed if the s...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angle-and-perpendicular-bisectors-in-a-triangle
SSA Ambiguity
This activity allows students to investigate the reason for the ambiguity in the SSA case.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ssa-ambiguity
Solution 40479: Change the Email Associated with a Single User Account Based License.
...Pencil Icon] and the new email address then click [Set as Login] Please Note: If the above option is greyed because you used [Sign In With Microsoft] or [Sign In With Google]. Please follow the alternative steps below:1) Visit the URL below to reset your password: https://edtech.ti.com/user/forg...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/sofware-apps/computer-software-installation-activation/40479
Investigating the Angles of a Triangle
The following will find the sum of the interior angles of a triangle and the sum of the remote interior angles of a triangle. Students can then change the type of triangle. The student will see that the sum of the interior angles is always 180 degrees. Also, the student will see that the sum of t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-the-angles-of-a-triangle
The Filly Zoo
During this activity, students are charged with the task of designing the shapes of the habitats of the animals that inhibit the Filly Zoo. The students are asked to use their TI-Nspire calculators to create geometric shapes, measure the dimensions of the shapes, and make informed decisions abou...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-filly-zoo
Cardioid Patterns - Discover Using Graphs
This activity will give students an opportunity to discover a pattern in the graphs of cardioids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cardioid-patterns--discover-using-graphs
Law of Sines: The Ambiguous Case
A simple model is used to illustrate the various possibilities of the ambiguous case of the Law of Sines. Students manipulate the model to create each of the possible cases and then make conjectures about the relationship between the various given measurements and the number of possible triangle...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-sines-the-ambiguous-case
Energetic Coasters
In this lesson, students will explore the potential energy (PE) and kinetic energy (KE) of a roller coaster.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energetic-coasters
Simple Calculator Tips for Algebra 2 | Texas Instruments
...he old days, or… How to find a logarithm with any base: Press [math]. Arrow down to option A: logBASE(. Bonus tip: There’s another way to access this template using “soft keys.” Notice the green f1, f2, f3, f4, and f5 labels above the top row of buttons? Press [alpha] and one of the f1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/simple-easy-calculator-tips-algebra2-concepts
Matholutions Activity
...at additional prompts will you think of? When done, consider displaying student goals around the room to give inspiration, encouragement and support accountability. The Matholutions Bulletin Board Décor is a companion piece to this activity.--> Empower students to reflect and set their ow...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matholutions-activity
Pyramid Height Exploration
This activity center is used to illustrate the difference between the slant height and the actual perpendicular height (of the given square pyramid) by the use of the distance formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pyramid-height-exploration
Parallel and Perpendicular Slopes
This activity is for use as a formative assessment tool after the introduction and overview of parallel and perpendicular slopes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-and-perpendicular-slopes
REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity: Air Traffic Control
In this lesson, students will model and solve air traffic control problems with geometry software. The Cabri Jr. application will be used to construct a model of the problem situation and concepts from trigonometry and proportions are then applied to find the solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/real-life-real-world-activity-air-traffic-control
Using the Distance Formula to find Trapezoidal Area
This activity can be used as a formative assessment review of algebra and coordinate geometryhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-the-distance-formula-to-find-trapezoidal-area
Law of Large Numbers: Equal Opportunities
In this activity, students will use the Probability Simulation application to roll a fair die and explore the Law of Large Numbers. They will conduct probability experiments that involve tossing a fair die, graph the results, compare the experimental probability to its theoretical probability and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-large-numbers-equal-opportunities