Roots and Cobwebs
This lesson involves finding roots to equations using a method similar to those used by many calculators.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/roots-and-cobwebs
Graphs of Tangent, Cotangent, Secant, and Cosecant
The goal of this activity is for students to see how the graphs of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant are generated and related to the unit circle. A point is animated around the unit circle as data points are captured to create a scatter plot. Students discover a way to relate each of th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-tangent-cotangent-secant-and-cosecant
How Many Solutions to the System?
Understand the difference between systems that have one, infinitely many , or no solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-many-solutions-to-the-system
Transformations of Logarithmic Functions
This lesson involves the family of logarithmic functions of the form f(x) = c*logb(x+a).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-of-logarithmic-functions
How Much Does Bubble Gum Stretch a Rubber Band?
Students will conduct an experiment where they determine how much various quantities of bubble gum affect the length of a rubber band.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-much-does-bubble-gum-stretch-a-rubber-band
Graphing the Tangent to a Curve
Students will graph a function and the graph of the tangent line's slope as a point moves around the curve.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-the-tangent-to-a-curve
Graphs of Linear Functions
Students investigate the connections between the points on a line and the equation of the line written in slope-intercept form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-linear-functions
Probability of Repeated Independent Events
Investigate probability by simulating tossing a coin three times.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/probability-of-repeated-independent-events_1
Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple
Investigate GCD and LCM in applications.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/greatest-common-divisor-and-least-common-multiple
Power Function Inverses
Examine the graphs of power functions with even and odd integer powers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/power-function-inverses
Polynomials: Factors, Roots and Zeroes
Investigate graphical and algebraic representations of a polynomial function and its linear factors.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomials-factors-roots-and-zeroes
Permutations
Students are led through the development of the formula for finding n objects taken n at a time and then n objects taken r at a time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/permutations_1
Horizontal and Vertical Lines
Examine the vertical and horizontal changes when moving from one point to another on a line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/horizontal-and-vertical-lines
Parabolic Paths
Manipulate the equation of a quadratic function so that its graph passes through a particular point.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parabolic-paths
Parabola Construction
Students will construct a parabola using the focus and directrix definition. An extension problem has students explore how the location of the focus with respect to the directrix affects the shape of the parabola.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parabola-construction_1
Polar Conics
This lesson involves exploration of polar equations for conic sections.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polar-conics
Particle Motion1
This lesson involves the motion of a particle along a straight, horizontal line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/particle-motion1
Particle Motion 2
This lesson involves the motion of a particle along a straight, horizontal line associated with a general position function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/particle-motion-2
The Unit Circle
Students will be able to describe the relationship between the unit circle and the sine and cosine functions. They will be also able to describe the shape of the sine and cosine curves after "unwrapping" the unit circle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-unit-circle
The Ambiguous Case of the Sine Law
Investigation and practice of the Ambiguous Case of the Law of Sines using the TI-Nspire.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-ambiguous-case-of-the-sine-law
Outbreak
Students explore a geometric sequence related to an outbreak of the flu, extrapolate to make predictions based on given data, and apply summation notation to determine the sum of any number of terms, n, in a series.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/outbreak
Laws of Sines and Cosines - IB
Students explore the proofs of the Laws of Sine and Cosine, investigate various cases where they are utilized, and apply them to solve problems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/laws-of-sines-and-cosines_ns_ib
Quadratic Functions and Stopping Distance
Analyze data in real-life applications of the quadratic function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-functions-and-stopping-distance
Modeling with a Quadratic Function
In this lesson, students use a quadratic function to model the flight path of a basketball. Students will interpret the parameters of the quadratic model to answer questions related to the path of the basketball.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-with-a-quadratic-function
Systems of Linear Inequalities 2
Examine the graphical and algebraic representations of a system of inequalities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/systems-of-linear-inequalities-2