Up and Down: Vertical Oscillations
Students explore vertical oscillations produced by a mass attached to an elastic spring and collect data on the force of the spring as a function of time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/up-and-down-vertical-oscillations
Damped and Driven Harmonic Motion
Students explore the properties of waveforms representing damped and driven simple harmonic motion. First, they identify the functional form of the damping in a simple harmonic oscillator. Then, they discover the relationship between the driving frequency, the fundamental frequency, and the dampi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/damped-and-driven-harmonic-motion
Mendelian Genetics Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Biology: Genetics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mendelian-genetics-assessment
Skills of Science - Creating and Analyzing Linear Graphs
In this lesson, students use TI-Nspire technology to understand the fundamentals of good graphing in the science classroom and laboratory.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skills-of-science--creating-and-analyzing-linear-graphs
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Students generate random polynomials and observe the distribution of the zeros on the complex plane. From the distributions students are able to draw conclusions about the zeros, and therefore roots, of a polynomial in order to gain a better visual understanding of the Fundamental Theorem of Alge...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/fundamental-theorem-of-algebra
Gradient of a function
This activity introduces the notion of the gradient of a curve. Initial exploration involves a dynamic tangent where students can use prior knowledge of the gradient of a straight line to determine if the slope is negative, zero or positive. The second stage of the activity goes one step further ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/gradient-of-a-function
Optimization - IB
Students learn how to use the second derivative test to find maxima and minima in word problems and solve optimization in parametric functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/optimization_ns_ib
Solution 34471: Finding the Intersection of Two Functions on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
Solution 34471: Finding the Intersection of Two Functions on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. Solution 34471: Finding the Intersection of Two Functions on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. global Solution 34471: Finding the Inters...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/34471
Which Dog Is Roundest? | Texas Instruments
...urns that around to see if a set of data matches a given model. It is a subtle difference, but we believe an important one. Next, the circumference function was entered into Y1 and then graphed with the data. It was at this point that we started to realize we might be onto something. Holly’s da...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/dog-day-which-dog-is-roundest
Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...culus in Phoenix. Thomas is passionate about integrating technology into the mathematics classroom for exploration, discovery and visualization. As a fun fact, Thomas has decided to have a personal goal of banning the word “over” in math class unless the intended meaning is physical placement. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
... press the 2nd key followed by the right or left arrow to take the cursor to the end or the beginning of the expression, respectively. For additional fun tips, see the Webinar “How-To” With Your TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator, Part 1 and the subsequent webinars in this series. Happily,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
3 Math Activities for Back to School | Texas Instruments
There’re always plenty of planning to do for back to school, but organizing math activities for the new school year doesn’t have to be a huge chore. Try out any of these fun and engaging activities to get the young minds in your class moving and ready to learn again after the long summe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/three-back-to-school-math-activities
5 Study Tips from a Student #StudyGrammer | Texas Instruments
...ld make an Instagram account … and start studygramming! At first, the goal of her posts was to help improve her own study habits (and to have some fun adding her own creative flair). Eventually, she started including various study tips she’d come across, particularly those from research-based ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-study-tips-from-a-student-studygrammer
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
...Relationship building and engagement Hands down, the most popular approach our teacher community shared was relationship building. As a fun way of building relationships with students, LeAnn Neel Romine suggested having them pick a word that matches the first letter of their name. T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
... measurements, students will be able to create two points that relate distance to frequency. However, to play every “note” between will require some “function” and that is where the math comes in. Let’s take a look at the details on this activity. Blog overview The activity is organized in fiv...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Finite Differences- 84
In this activity, students will investigate the sets of finite differences for linear and quadratic functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/finite-differences@-84
BA II Plus™ Professional Financial Calculator | Texas Instruments
All the functionality of the best selling BA II PLUS™ with additional features and sleek design. Designed for students and business professionals. The BA II Plus financial calculator is easy-to-use and delivers powerful computation functions and memory. BA II PLUS™ PROFESSIONAL Financial Calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/financial/baii-plus-professional
Can You Solve a Trig Equation? - IB
In this activity, students will practice how to solve equations involving trigonometric functions within a finite interval.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/can-you-solve-a-trig-equation_ns-ib
Can You Solve a Trig Equation? - IB
In this activity, students will practice how to solve equations involving trigonometric functions within a finite interval.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/can-you-solve-a-trig-equation_84-ib
Under Pressure: The Inverse Relationship between Pressure and Volume
In this activity, students' will use a pressure sensor to investigate the relationship between pressure and volume for an enclosed air sample, and fit an inverse function model to the pressure versus volume data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/under-pressure-the-inverse-relationship-between-pressure-and-volume
Forensics Case 8 - No Dumping: Using soil characteristics to link suspects to a crime scene
In this activity, students measure pH, conductivity, and water absorbency of different samples of soil. They use these characteristic properties to identify soil samples. They use the physical and chemical characteristics of soil samples collected from suspects to determine whether a suspect had ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-8--no-dumping-using-soil-characteristics-to-link-suspects-to-a-crime-scene
NASA - Weightless Wonder
In this activity, students explore quadratic functions through the real-world example of weightless flight and the gravitational pull of the earth on objects in orbit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--weightless-wonder
Interesting Properties of Cubic Functions
This Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity encourages students to investigate numerical and graphical properties of cubic functions, and to verify the results using CAS.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interesting-properties-of-cubic-functions
Optimization - IB
In this activity, students will learn how to use the second derivative test to find maxima and minima in word problems and solve optimization in functions and parametric functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/optimization_84_ib
Residuals- 84
In this activity for TI-84 series, students will investigate a residual plot for a set of data after selecting a regression model. The residual plot is used to justify the choice of a function model based on an analysis of the residuals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/residuals_84