How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...to engage with STEM. We’re fresh off a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center where we went to chat with astronaut Joe Acaba, who has logged a total of 306 days in space on three missions. Check it out: Meet a NASA Astronaut. Next month we’ll be visiting the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas’ brand-ne...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
On the first day of school, I will interact with five classes of 30-35 students each. It is important to greet students at the door and set a tone that facilitates learning and establishes classroom routines. In my world, the first day of class is only 25 minutes―not much time to take roll and g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... Here is the code for the two quadratic functions: Notes about the quadratic code: It may seem strange at first for the range to run from 30 to 50 in the “for loop,” but Python does not allow steps that are not integers. So, if you want to take a small step, you have to be creative. W...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... 4. The number play People are always looking for number patterns and finding them in other numbers. So, if the following ratio 100/9899 = .01010203050813210000 … it is converted into a decimal and the result contains the first eight digits in the Fibonacci sequence. Yep, “Finding Fibo!” again...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...of a podcast, providing anytime, anywhere access to ideas, questions and considerations for growing as a math educator. We keep each episode to about 30-minutes long, knowing that educators’ time is precious and knowing that concise, succinct ideas are appreciated. Why is it “Room To Grow”? We c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
...nly receive a holiday gift package but will also receive a TI-84 calculator and our famously festive holiday sweater! The sweepstakes begin on Nov. 30 at 9am CT and end on Dec. 16 at 11:59pm CT. Don’t delay — enter the sweepstakes today! Holiday Social Media Contest About the author: Ka...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
.... Hallway “races” are a fun way to practice iteration and selection Give students a list of 20–30 questions and answers for a test bank. For example: questions about your school, simple math problems, states and capitals … something that make...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...n extend this model to illustrate Le Chatelier’s Principle. Students establish a system in equilibrium using case #1 and then stress it by adding 20, 30 or 40 more pennies to the system. The results are beautiful. In all three cases, we reach a new equilibrium with different amounts of products c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
Solution 24430: TI Tech Check Fulfillment Process. INTERNAL ONLY
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Solution 30431: System Requirements for Versions 2.X of the TI-Nspire™ Family Software and TI-Nspire™ Document Player.
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Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
... temper this wonderful stat with some of the challenges we still face. The same survey found that 24 percent of kids hate or dislike math and another 30 percent were indifferent to math. I don’t dwell on the negative, instead focusing on what we can do to grow math love. As a parent, longtime e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
The Long Road to My STEM Career
... we keep their interest and extend it into a career in STEM? In the same Microsoft® study, when asked to describe a typical person in a STEM career, 30% of girls said they envision a man in these roles. These girls are telling us that they don’t think they belong, and STEM isn’t for them. We ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
...students would expect (with the exception of answer choice “E”). One powerful method of solving ACT® problems is to work backward. In other words, take the answers and use those to solve the problem. If you are using a graphing calculator, you can graph each answer choice until you find the co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
This is part 1 in a three-part series from the author on creating teachable moments. It was almost 30 years ago, but it was one of those teaching moments indelibly etched in my memory. I had been assigned to teach introductory calculus, a course I had taught often, but on this day there was a n...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs
Mission Celebration: Use Math to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
... flying into a field of car-sized boulders. Armstrong calmly guided the Eagle landing module to a safe area, beyond the boulder field, with less than 30 seconds of fuel left in the tank. This was an incredible feat of skill and bravery. In a joint mission from NASA and Texas Instruments (TI), ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/july/missioncelebration
Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM
...ion, beginning at our 31st annual Teachers Teaching with Technology™ (T³™) International Conference in Baltimore. But the truth is that, for the past 30 years, we’ve worked with educators and professional associations to help give students a solid foundation in math and science to set them up for...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/mathmadness
Solution 40138: Hardware Quality Issue: TI-30X IIS Calculator Displays Unexpected Characters on the Screen Out of the Package - INTERNAL ONLY
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Tutorials
...pstart your TI technology experience with helpful tutorials and tips from companies like Hotmath and Hoonuit Professional Learning. Tutorial for TI-30XS Multiview These QuickTime tutorials for the BA II PLUS and BA II PLUS Professional calculators walk you through a variety of topi...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/tutorials
Solution 30010: Information On the TI-Nspire™ Family Handhelds with a Rechargeable Battery. INTERNAL ONLY
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Solution 30331: Graphing Linear Inequalities on the TI-Nspire™ CAS Handheld or Software.
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Solution 30371: Calculating Double Limits on the TI-Nspire™ CAS Family Products.
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Solution 30430: Finding Roots of a Polynomial Using the TI-Nspire™ Family Products.
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Solution 30591: Converting Between Decimals and Fractions on the TI-Nspire™ Family.
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Solution 16630: College Exams That Accept TI-83 Plus Family and TI-84 Plus Family Usage.
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Solution 30991: Creating Notes on the TI-Nspire™ Family Handhelds.
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