You only get one “first day of school” – use it wisely
...nutes. What to do? Here are a few of my favorite tips to help make your first impression memorable. 1. Break the ice: Introduce yourself and make a connection with your students. Get to know each other with some questions like, “What’s a word that describes you, that starts with the first lette...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/firstday
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...hing New With the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator Hosted by Johnny Ashurst and Kathy Hale In this webinar, the presenters promote strategies that connect some frequently overlooked TI-84 Plus CE capabilities with students’ analytical thinking. ACT® Math Test Success, Part 1: Strategies and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
A case for handheld graphing calculators
...t a recent conference: “Phones disrupt my classroom. If I could throw out every phone that a kid brought in, I would be very excited. It’s a battle.” Connected devices also raise cheating risks. The concern isn’t just students “Googling” for the correct answer, it’s also about them taking picture...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Relating Rates
...rates. Students will use differentiation, including implicitly, to apply related rates to real world situations. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Related Rates ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-relating-rates
Pearson's vs. Sprearman's Correlation Coefficient
...their handhelds to discuss and analyze given sets of data, and describe their results in the context of the problems. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Correlation Monoton...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-pearson-spearman-correlation-coefficient
Voronoi Diagrams | TI-Nspire™ family | Geometry and Trigonometry
...onoi Diagrams and apply them to real world situations. Students will draw triangles and find their circumcenters using perpendicular bisectors. Connect the use of Voronoi Diagrams with finding the Equations of lines in the form ax + by + c = 0 form, Where a, b, and c are all integers. Vo...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-voronoi-diagrams
Bounded Areas | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Calculus
... bounded by a curve and the x-axis. Students will apply this information to finding the area bounded by two curves. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in both IB Mathematics and AP Calculus and on their final assessments. Bounded Areas ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-bounded-areas
Voronoi Diagrams | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Geometry and Trigonometry
...onoi Diagrams and apply them to real world situations. Students will draw triangles and find their circumcenters using perpendicular bisectors. Connect the use of Voronoi Diagrams with finding the Equations of lines in the form ax + by + c = 0 form, Where a, b, and c are all integers. Vo...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-voronoi-diagrams
Bounded Areas | TI-Nspire™ family | Calculus
... bounded by a curve and the x-axis. Students will apply this information to finding the area bounded by two curves. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in both IB Mathematics and AP Calculus and on their final assessments. Bounded Areas ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-bounded-areas
Give Me Five
...es. Students will be asked to differentiate between independent and dependent events, as well as combining probabilities. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments Vocabulary Outlier Quartile Inter...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-give-me-five
Trig Ratios
...nts will solve any right triangle given an angle and the lengths of the opposite side, adjacent side or the hypotenuse. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary SOHCAHTOA ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-trig-ratios
Distance vs Displacement - A Particle's Journey
...ticle motion while using kinematics. Students will then apply this particle knowledge to real world situations. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Displacement Velo...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-distance-v-displacement
Can You Solve a Trig Equation?
...erval. Students will review and use trigonometric identities to help in the solving of trigonometric equations. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Finite Interval ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-can-you-solve-a-trig-equation
Back in Time
...ll be asked to create their own functions given input/output values and discuss how they discovered these functions. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Ordered Pairs ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-back-in-time
It’s to Be Expected
...es. Students will be asked to differentiate between independent and dependent events, as well as combining probabilities. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments Vocabulary Expected Value Tree Diagra...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-tobe-expected
Pearson's vs. Sprearman's Correlation Coefficient
...their handhelds to discuss and analyze given sets of data, and describe their results in the context of the problems. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Correlation Monoton...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-pearson-spearman-correlation-coefficient
Percentiles
...rea under a normal curve. Students will practice how to use the handheld commands Normal CDF and Inverse Normal. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Percentile ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-percentiles
Inverse Functions
... y=x. Students will apply inverse functions to real world situations including temperature and money conversions. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Inverse Reflection ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-inverse-functions
2D or Not 2D, That is the Question
...th 2D shapes and 3D polygons, such as midpoint and distance, and understand how to alter them to fit the situations. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary 2D Plane ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-2d-or-not-2d
Can You Solve a Trig Equation?
...erval. Students will review and use trigonometric identities to help in the solving of trigonometric equations. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Finite Interval ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-can-you-solve-a-trig-equation
Angles of Depression and Elevation
...een Angles of Depression and Elevation. Students will revisit and apply their right triangle trigonometry skills. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Angle of Elevation P...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-angles-of-depression-and-elevation
Properties of Logs
...of logarithms. Students will make comparisons between the properties of exponents and the properties of logarithms. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary logarithmic expressions ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-properties-of-logs
Optimization
... solve optimization in functions and further explore, as time and teacher permit, using parametric functions as well. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Maximize ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-optimization
Percentiles
...rea under a normal curve. Students will practice how to use the handheld commands Normal CDF and Inverse Normal. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Percentile ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-percentiles
Scientific Notation
...p an understanding of large numbers and recognize and appropriately use exponential, scientific, and calculated notation. Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Scientific Notation ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-scientific-notation