Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...make many discoveries. It wasn’t uncommon to hear the occasional “No way!” or “Cool” accidentally escape from a teacher’s lips. (We love this!) Jacqueline summarized her feelings after the workshop by saying, “I am so appreciative of this training because it will equip me with some new ideas that...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
... watch and let the learning begin. Families of Functions features a full library of learning modules for each function family, first starting with linear relations then ranging from quadratics to exponentials and more. From linear relations to quadratics, exponentials and more, each module inc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...nd gather their feedback. One of my favorite things is giving students an open-ended question, then asking them to work together in order to create a linear function. Using the Navigator tool allows the students to check the answer visually, while allowing me to determine who hasn’t graphed the f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...r. I make sure that my students know the grade they earned in my class and how the different components contributed to that grade. Before we had an online grading portal for students to check their progress, I would print out grade slips so students could clearly see each test, quiz and project g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
Who knew math had moves?
...the media coverage: San Antonio Express News: Students learn to code robots with calculators KSAT-TV (ABC): STEM High School Students Create Line Dancing Robotic Rovers WOAI-TV (NBC): Texas Instruments unveils first educational robot Get your hands on Rover: here Students face-off ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...ost everything that has moving parts was designed by a mechanical engineer. Mechanical engineering is also among the oldest of the engineering disciplines and has a rich history. This activity requires your students to use mechanical engineering skills to rescue a deep ocean rover from the murky...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...he students work through the first activity with their partners. This frontloaded the Conditional Statements, giving my students vocabulary and a baseline understanding. After completing the activity in their groups, we discussed as a large group key ideas and coded a few class projects before I ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
This week is Engineers Week, the perfect time for math and science teachers to hug-it-out and work together to get students excited about engineering. But how, you say? Well, what goes left to right and looks like a straight line? Linear relationships, of course! And, whether they know it or not...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
... The companion book, “How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures,” is also very interesting. Both of these are available to read free online, or you can download a free PDF as well. Enjoy the rest of your summer! It’s hot outside — time to beat the heat with a shady spot and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...I didn’t even know that was possible! Meet Alex Livingston, a sophomore at Tech Valley High School in Albany, New York and an aspiring commercial airline pilot. The 15-year-old submitted a photo showing how he uses math and science regularly as a volunteer in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...r you graph your functions, press the 2nd key and then the trace key and then select intersect to find the intersection point. 10: Solve Systems of Linear Inequalities Graphically There will also be problems on the ACT that will require you to solve systems of linear inequalities and find the p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...ructor and Ontario Association of Mathematics Education President, Paul Alves, this book draws on recent work in cognitive psychology and other disciplines with a goal to promote more productive learners. Throughout the book, the authors weave together stories from an array of learners ― from gar...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
... six hours. At that point, the concentration of peroxide is so low that if someone were to put the lenses back in their eyes without rinsing with a saline solution it would still be pretty safe. (You are basically just using a solution of oxygenated water at this point, which is not harmful to th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...s, I can have four completely different levels of students. Through this opportunity they are going to be able to shine, and that’s really the bottom line.” WATCH A VIDEO OF THE SURPRISE: HERE. It’s not too late to nominate your math hero. Help spread the love of math by recognizing and giving ba...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...tation of the definite integral f(x)dx from a to b, the area of the region R, bounded above by the graph of y = f(x), below by the x-axis, and by the lines x = a and x = b. This is perhaps one of the quickest ways to visualize Riemann sums and students can look at the left hand, right hand, and m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
BestofChemistry
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...calculators with coding capability. TI also developed the popular TI Codes program which includes 10 Minutes of Code with TI-Innovator™ Hub, a free online training resource for non-coders, where students and teachers develop coding skills using a TI graphing calculator. Realizing that a coding ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
... a virtual love note. Press the graph key to check out what we see. Want to change the color of the graph to red? Of course you do. Just arrow to the line color before Y1, and select RED. To fill out your heart, press STAT, then select 1:Edit. In L1 and L2, enter points that you think will create...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Science Activities for Heart Health Month | Texas Instruments
... Duration: 60 minutes Equipment needed: TI 84 Plus CE graphing calculator Vernier Exercise Heart Rate Monitor Vernier EasyLink® interface Saline solution in a dropper bottle Timer Students answer questions regarding the experiment using a graph produced from the data they co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/science-heart-activities
Texas Instruments Virtual Booth | NSTA Engage 2021
...e:11px}#science-virtual-booth-hero h3{font-weight:bolder}#science-virtual-booth-hero h1.title{margin-bottom:0}p{font-family:Lato-Light;font-size:16px;line-height:1.35}a.iceman-color{color:#c6ecf0}a.iceman-color::after{color:#c6ecf0}.contentgroup.pms-321-background.no-divider h3.sub-title{text-ali...https://education.ti.com/en/events/nctm-atlanta
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...ression. Get your students ready for the activity by sharing this fun video of Urschel churning up some tasty physics in your classroom. The bottom line (or final score, in this case) … When the final whistle is blown, we all hope our team is the big winner. And just like when the bell rings a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...ave the students the Rover and the guide book and said you guys figure it out,” said Honeycutt. “It took them 3 or 4 days to figure out how to draw a line, but when they did, they were so proud of themselves and the beams on their faces were quite beautiful.” Keota junior Justin Hickman (right)...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
... Note: The TI-84 Plus CE Python does not have a get_key() function or a mouse cursor, but an alternate approach is certainly possible. The bottom line (the “why should I care about all this”) or summary If you are trying to impress your friends with your coding prowess, OOP is the classy way...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...s Rate This lesson is designed to help students think of slope as a rate of change. As a result, students will be prepared to move to applications of linear functions where the change in one quantity is proportional to the change in another quantity. For more information, download the Teacher ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...rogramming language that makes all the magic happen. With TI-Basic, you can write programs on your graphing calculator that help find the slope of a line or create a fun adventure game. You can start programming your current graphing calculator now without any special equipment by visiting educa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest