StatisticsOfficeHours
...or Categorical Data (Units 6 and 8) Presentation March 1: Inference for Quantitative Data (Units 7 and 9) Presentation Click here to join our upcoming session. And, access all of our live and previously recorded Office Hours sessions on our YouTube channel here. Undoubtedly, this is going ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
... calculator. Here is the Pumpkin Pi edition of our Halloween-themed slide case that you can print from a link on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3901650. Up your Halloween game by printing a Pumpkin Pi case for your TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Create a calcula...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
Over the past month, students have seen games, light sequences, scales and even familiar songs come to life during ShadOnline. Hundreds of ShadOnline participants solved coding problems virtually during Texas Instruments’ innovative workshops. Whether it was running a program p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...but is certainly exacerbated by the pandemic: teaching students with unfinished learning from previous grades. Some key principles can help make this complicated situation more manageable. But before we think about teaching and learning math, some foundational ideas should come first. I’ll echo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... in previous years, but if you look carefully, it was there. For instance, many students learned self-discipline by participating in virtual lessons, completing assignments and managing their time in ways that “regular school” didn’t require. Some students learned that they could engage with cont...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best_Of_Science
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either for in-person or virtual instruction. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring important science concepts to life for students by enabling them to test...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/best_of_science
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
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
While school may be winding down, it’s not a time for students to stop learning, especially when it comes to STEM subjects. Turns out, the summer learning loss, often referred to as the summer brain drain, is a real thing. The National Summer Learning Association reports that students lose an eq...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
"This calculator changed my life.”Lillie Pennington, Junior, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio THE CHALLENGE Lillie Pennington, 17, can keep up with any high school student when it comes to academics. The Turpin High School junior took Advanced Placement history as a sophomore and scored a fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...es―not much time to take roll and get to know students. I have tried a variety of ways to put students into assigned seats the first week of school. Compared to how I assign seats after the first unit test, my methods for those first days when I don’t know students names are dramatically differe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
On Wednesday, September 19, Texas Instruments Education (@TICalculators) is hosting a Women in STEM Twitter Chat! Our goal is connect you to the awesome #WomenInSTEM community, both as a source of inspiration and a well of resources. Our panelists are female engineers, scientists, and mathematic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
The Heartbeat of STEM
..., transport and homeostasis, but it also allows students to build electrical circuits and write a simple program to control the model. Students become familiar with coding by using the easily accessible menu-based system within TI calculators. These activities are available using multiple pla...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
...earning about linear and quadratic functions. This activity can be done either on a TI-Nspire™ CX II or TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. The commands are the same, but the menus are arranged differently. Note that in this blog, I have used the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator to demo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
We are constantly looking for things, whether it be our car keys, ourselves or the next best smartphone. Sometimes, finding things become pop hits. Back in 1985 there was a video game that was popular called “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?” Not too long after the debut of that game came ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...crificing content. Furthermore, 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 inst...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...include a video consultation with a team of TI experts who answer questions and provide valuable feedback to the teams about their design. Students become immersed in a complete product design experience — an incredibly valuable experience from a real-world perspective. The engineering ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...s is and always has been a self-described “tech geek,” intrigued by inventive ways to use technology to explore and make sense of the world, and that comes out when we talk about teaching and learning math. As for me, well, I was born to be a teacher. At ten years old, I was playing school with ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
... with 0. Initializing a list As seen in the above example, a list can be initialized by stating its elements inside the brackets and separated by commas. We can use the list( ) method to create a list: myListA = list( range(10) ) produces the list [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] cha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Who knew math had moves?
Veteran math teacher turned first-year computer science teacher, Katie Brown, wasn’t quite sure what to expect when she learned Texas Instruments was bringing its’ new robotic car, the TI-Innovator Rover, to share with her pre-AP computer science class. But after one 50-minute class period, she ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...ty sheets, and choose the activity style right for your classroom. Students can determine functions that made an image or practice transformations to complete a picture, or challenge them to create their own cat or bat design. Special thanks to Sarah Hultman for helping create these worksheets...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
... still register!) “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by Peter Liljedahl This easy read includes easily applied and practical recommendations. It also includes relevant research on what actually matters in helping all students learn mathematics. “This is definitely one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ts to share to get you started! Here is my first Mixed Six. Example: Mixed Six activity I gave it to my students a few weeks later to complete, and they immediately started making suggestions of other topics. I was a little overwhelmed at first. I sent out an email to several othe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...International Conference was appropriately themed, Encourage. Engage. Empower. From the opening keynote with Dan Finkel, Ph.D., to the 7 for7 “Ideas that Inspire,” and everything in between, #T3IC2021 did not disappoint! Finkel opened the conference by encouraging educators to create a culture ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
For teachers, the summer months can be a prime time for catching up on reading to get inspired and recharge your batteries for the upcoming school year. One of the most effective ways to keep your teaching skills sharp is the same thing we encourage our students to do over the summer: read. We p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
#NCTMregionals Hartford 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-84 Plus CE graphing calculator; TI-Innovator™ Rover Link to presentati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford