Capacitors
Students explore the characteristics of capacitors. The activity begins with a look at the movement of charge in a parallel-plate capacitor and the effect of voltage on charge. Following the definition of capacitance, students explore how plate area, plate separation, and dielectrics affect capac...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/capacitors
A Little Light Work
Students will study graphs of light intensity at various distances from a light sensor. They will use power and linear regressions to determine the relationship between light intensity and distance from the light source. They will also develop their own models for the relationship.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-little-light-work
A Magnetic Attraction
In this lesson, students will investigate the relationship between magnetic field strength and distance.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-magnetic-attraction
Muddy Water
In this lesson, students will collect data using a light sensor and analyze the effect of soil run-off on the turbidity of water.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/muddy-water-tinspire
Sea Floor Spreading
In this lesson, students will use a simulation to explore the relationship between continental drift and seafloor spreading.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sea-floor-spreading
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: Dropped at the Scene
This lab introduces students to the science behind blood spatter analysis. It also provides an opportunity for students to explore curve fitting and can extended to use r2 values (optional) to determine the most appropriate curve fit for the data set.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-tinspire-case-10--dropped-at-the-scene
Treasure Trove
In this lesson, students will collect data using a force sensor to measure the weight of an object.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/treasure-trove
Stream Erosion
In this lesson, students will manipulate the slope of the surface over which the water is flowing to show varying rates of erosion and deposition.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stream-erosion
Freezing Point
The students will determine the freezing and melting point of water.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/freezing-point
Tool - Periodic Table
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool-periodic-table
Earth's Surface Assessment
This TI-Nspire question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to the Earth's Surface.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/earths-surface-assessment_mg
Earth's Atmosphere Assessment
This TI-Nspire question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to the Earth's Atmosphere.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/earths-atmosphere-assess_mg
Earth's Water Assessment
This TI-Nspire question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Earth's Water.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/earths-water-assess_mg
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: The Ink is Still Wet
In this activity, students will use colorimetry to identify inks as unique mixtures of pigments.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-ti@nspire-@-case-5-the-ink-is-still-wet
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: No Dumping
In this activity, students will investigate the importance of soils and other trace evidence in connecting victims, crime scenes, and suspects.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-ti@nspire-@-case-8-no-dumping
Handheld Skills for the Science Classroom
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Hit the Target
In this lesson, students will explore the range of a marble that rolls down a ramp and off a table. The goal is for students to develop a mathematical model that will allow them to hit a target placed on the floor on the first try.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hit-the-target
Impulse of a Force
In this lesson, students will explore the impulse produced by a cart when it hits a stationary wall.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/impulse-of-a-force
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: Bouncing Back
In this activity, students will be using the motion sensor as a sonar detector, through air to locate and identify a missing object in a box.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-tinspiresuptmsup--case-2-bouncing-back
Focusing on Light
In this activity, students explore the reflection of light by parabolic and semicircular mirrors. They begin by exploring reflection using a series of flat mirrors that are attached to one another to create a flexible mirror that can simulate a curved mirror. Students then explore reflection by a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/focusing-on-light
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: Name That Tune
In this activity, students will analyze sound waves to calculate the frequency, or pitch, of musical notes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-tinspiresuptmsup--case-3-name-that-tune
Thermodynamics Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Thermodynmaics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/thermodynamics-assessment
Hot Air, Cold Body: Using Newton's law of cooling to determine time of death
Use Newton's law of cooling to narrow down the number of suspects by determining when the victim was killed.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hot-air--cold-body
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: Flipping Coins
In this activity, students will explore the concept of density and use it to distinguish between pennies minted in different years.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-ti@nspire-@-case-4-flipping-coins