Cool in the Pool
...for spacewalks, astronauts train at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). NASA also uses the NBL to develop flight procedures and verify hardware compatibility, all of which are necessary to achieve mission success. In this problem, students are presented with a power outage, in which the poo...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-nasa
Does a Correlation Exist?
...e solver. Notes for using the TI-Nspire™ Navigator™ System are included throughout the activity. The use of the Navigator System is not necessary for completion of this activity. About the Lesson Downloads ZIP Correlation.ZIP PDF Teacher Notes.PDF ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-statistics
Dynagraphs
... Students will discover conditions that would restrict a function's domain. Students will understand that a composition utilizes the output of the inside function as the input of the outside function. Students will understand the special relationship between two inverse functions and their ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-precalculus-dynagraphs
Does a Correlation Exist?
...e solver. Notes for using the TI-Nspire™ Navigator™ System are included throughout the activity. The use of the Navigator System is not necessary for completion of this activity. About the Lesson Downloads ZIP Correlation.ZIP PDF Teacher Notes.PDF ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-statistics
Analyzing Country Data
...terpret conditional probabilities from a two-way table. Students will be able to interpret expected values from a simulation as an estimate of outcomes. Students will be able to interpret expected values as an indication of association. Vocabulary association conditional probabi...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-analyzing-country-data
Chi-Squared Tests
... About the Lesson This lesson involves investigating chi-squared tests and distributions. As a result, students will: Compare different scenarios and determine which chi-square test is appropriate. Write the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses for the g...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-chi-square-tests
Families of Functions
...ts will fill in the table on the student activity sheet as they investigate the effects of parameters a, h and k on each graph. Students will use the completed table to make generalizations about the effects of a, h and k on the graphs of any function. As a result, students will: Describe th...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-families-of-functions
It’s to Be Expected
...Students will explore tree diagrams and expected values. 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 as...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-tobe-expected
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
...view Students use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms, plot a scatter plot of each sequence, and determine that sequences with common differences (called arithmetic sequences) have scatter plots whose points form a straight line. Arithmetic Sequences and Series ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-arithmetic-sequences
Biorhythms
... the equation for their physical, emotional and intellectual cycles according to the study of biorhythms. Whilst the study of biorhythms is generally completed with Astrology – “a self-fulfilling prophetic vagueness” and “Where to find the Pixies, Gnomes and Fairies in your Garden”, the mathemati...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-biorhythms
Exploring Geometric Sequences
... ratio, of a geometric sequence gives students a deeper understanding of their behavior. A spreadsheet of the terms is available on page 3.2 to investigate the behavior numerically. Step 2 Students will examine the derivation of the sum of a finite geometric series and use it to sol...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-exploring-geometric-sequences
Too Many Choices
...lications and Interpretation | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use di...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-too-many-choices
Gradient of a Function
...e features of TI-Nspire to explore gradient via a tangent line determining if the gradient is negative, zero or positive. This information is used to complete a sign table as a lead in to stage two where the gradient is quantified and subsequently graphed by consideration of a set of points. In t...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-gradient
Discrimination of Parabolas
...e parabola to transformations where the coefficient of x-square is positive one. In the next stage this is changed to negative one then finally, it becomes a variable so students can dilate and transform the parabola. Students are required to constantly refine their conjecture(s) with regards to ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-discrimination-parabola
How Dense are We?
...ected numbers, scientific notation, estimation, exact and approximate answers. Vocabulary Scientific notation Population Density Significant figures International Baccalaureate: How Dense are We? Population values are interesting in that it doesn't make sense...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-density
It’s to Be Expected
...Students will explore tree diagrams and expected values. 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 as...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-tobe-expected
Tower of Hanoi
...ogramme Analysis and Approaches | Numbers and Algebra Tower of Hanoi Legend has it that the world will end when the puzzle is complete. Well, the original puzzle consisted of 64 disks, and the monks in the legendary civilization only moved one disk per day. With this in mind, according to the l...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-tower-hanoi
Exploring Geometric Sequences
...s and Algebra Activity Overview Students graphically analyze geometric series using graphs, and consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and first term using sliders. Exploring Geometric Sequences Key Steps For the first part of this activity, stu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-exploring-geometric-sequences
Graphing Relationships
...udents can understand that when a function is increasing, the derivative is positive, but they cannot correctly interpret what that means on a graph. Instead of understanding that this means the graph is always above the x-axis, some students may think that the derivative is increasing. Graphin...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-graphing-relationships
Biorhythms
... the equation for their physical, emotional and intellectual cycles according to the study of biorhythms. Whilst the study of biorhythms is generally completed with Astrology – “a self-fulfilling prophetic vagueness” and “Where to find the Pixies, Gnomes and Fairies in your Garden”, the mathemati...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-biorhythms
Discrimination of Parabolas
...e parabola to transformations where the coefficient of x-square is positive one. In the next stage this is changed to negative one then finally, it becomes a variable so students can dilate and transform the parabola. Students are required to constantly refine their conjecture(s) with regards to ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-discrimination-parabola
Graphs of Antiderivatives
... Activity Overview Students are provided with a series of functions consisting of polynomials, trigonometric and exponential functions and combinations thereof. The equations represent the derivative, students use their TI-Nspire to graph the original or primitive function and relate k...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-graphs-antiderivatives
Too Many Choices
...me Analysis and Approaches | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use di...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-too-many-choices
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
...view Students use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms, plot a scatter plot of each sequence, and determine that sequences with common differences (called arithmetic sequences) have scatter plots whose points form a straight line. Arithmetic Sequences and Series ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-arithmetic-sequences
Analyzing Country Data
...terpret conditional probabilities from a two-way table. Students will be able to interpret expected values from a simulation as an estimate of outcomes. Students will be able to interpret expected values as an indication of association. Vocabulary association conditional probabi...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-analyzing-country-data