Modeling Basketball and Golf shots with Quadratics
Students learn the quadratic equation in vertex form by modeling President Obama shooting hoops. Then attempt to hit a hole-in-one on 3 holes of golf by determining the equation of the flight of the ball. The activity concludes with a 10-question quiz.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-basketball-and-golf-shots-with-quadratics
Introduction to CAS. Adding polynomials, solving equations, factoring trinomials, expanding
This series of activities provides an introduction to some Algebra concelpts using CAS. The activities start with Algebra tiles and CAS. Patterning is modelled for the students so that they can construct the knowledge rather than be given a set of rules. The activities look at adding and subtr...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/introduction-to-cas--adding-polynomials-solving-equations-factoring-trinomials-expanding
Domain and Range 2
Identify the domain and range of a relation from its graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/domain-and-range-2
Modeling Herd Immunity
In this activity, students investigate the concept of herd immunity and the role vaccines/interventions can play in helping to control the spread of a communicable disease.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-herd-immunity
Optimizing Resources Using Census Data
In this activity, students investigate how to optimize resources to maximize support for people in danger from flooding.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/optimizing-resources-using-census-data
Modeling: Optimal Locations for a Food Truck
In this activity, students will investigate where to locate a food truck in Washington DC to maximize the number of potential customers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/food-truck
Big Data Sets- Well Being OECD
Students can explore the data in this activity from the OECD well-being survey updated July 2022.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-data@-well-being
Big Data Sets - Climate Change
Students can explore different sets of data associated with climate change with respect to variables such as temperature, precipitation, and natural disasters by state and by regions in the US.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-data-@-climate-change
Modeling Mantid Striking Distance
In this TI-Nspire activity, students investigate the relationship between how hungry a praying mantis (also called a “mantid”) is and the distance at which the praying mantis will strike (jump) at prey.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-mantid-striking-distance_nspire
Modeling CO2 Levels
This activity uses data on monthly carbon dioxide (CO2) levels collected from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. It provides an opportunity to engage students with data that is relevant to contemporary discussions of climate change.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-co2-levels
Big Data Sets - CO2 Levels
Students can explore the data of the monthly mean amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured in parts per million at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii from 1958 to 2022.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-data-@-co2-levels
Local Linearity
Students explore zooming in on various functions including piecewise functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/local-linearity
Martinsville Chase
In this activity, students will analyze attaching a wing to a Sprint Cup car.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/martinsville-chase
Shuffleboard Slide with Proportions
In this coding activity, students will create a shuffleboard game using Python and mathematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shuffleboard-slide
Putt Putt with Python
In this coding activity, students will create a golf game. The golf game gives the user two random points, one for the golf ball and one for the golf hole. The user will enter a value for the slope.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/putt-putt-with-python
Gettin' Trig-y with Python
In this Python coding activity, students will write a program that generates a random sine, cosine or tangent ratio. It will ask the user to enter a different trigonometric ratio based on the given triangle information. It will evaluate the user’s input.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/gettin-trigy-with-python
Paying off a Loan
In this coding activity, students will write a program that asks for the principle, annual interest rate and monthly payment. The output will display the approximate number of months it will take to pay off as well as the total amount paid.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/paying-off-a-loan
Simulating Fairness
In this coding activity, students will create a simulation for the game “Evens or Odds”. The simulation will allow students to investigate the fairness of different variations of the game.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/simulating-fairness
Factor Darts
In this coding activity, students will create a dart game that generates four random quadratic expressions. For each question the player answers correctly, the player will get another shot at the dart board.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factor-darts
Parabolic Hoops
In this coding activity, students will create a virtual basketball court. Using the location of the hoop and the vertex, the shooter will calculate the amplitude needed to “Swish” nothing but net!https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parabolic-hoops
Rational Quadratics Zeros
In this coding activity, students will extend the code from Integer Quadratic Zeros to create a game that allows exploration of other factored equation forms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rational-quadratics-zeros
Frisbee Golf Equations
In this coding activity, students will create a frisbee golf game, using Python and mathematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/frisbee-golf-equations
Fraction Tic Tac Toe
In this coding activity, students will create a fraction based, tic tac toe game using Python and mathematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/fraction-tic-tac-toe
Integer Darts
In this coding activity, students will create an integer dart game using Python and mathematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/integer-darts
Cybersecurity 3 - Hail, Caesar!
Building on the concepts learned in Activity 2, this activity introduces students to Caesar ciphers. Students will experiment with encoding messages by using a Caesar shift, which is used to switch up the order of letters in the alphabet to transform plaintext into a ciphertext.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cybersecurity-3