Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...ctions across math, science and engineering and to show them that learning to program can be fun. “I’m not really the most tech-savvy person and I didn’t think I was going to understand this very well,” said Hope Stanley, an eighth-grader at Travis Vanguard Academy. “But this was really easy and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Mission Imagination
...th, technology and engineering (STEM) and preparing them for being a part of the future STEM workforce.” Robin Hill, the students’ teacher, said he didn’t even know his students were entering the contest until they asked for help submitting their project on the deadline day. “I was flabbergasted ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...ee that they really form the square and rectangle. Well, actually they do not! This is an example of a geometric dissection, popularized by Martin Gardner. You can take the varnish off the vanish by using mathematical topics that include similar triangles, slope and trigonometry. Although the sca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
You can't spell Calculus without the letters C, A, and S, but a Computer Algebra System has unforeseen potential in any math class that requires algebraic thinking. (Try to find one that doesn't!) I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't sure I was a “CAS fan” when first introduced to it. I didn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
Leveling the Math Playing Field
.... Years ago, my principal challenged our math department when we wanted to add a new course, Algebra I Foundations, for students that we worried wouldn’t be successful in a standard algebra I course. Although our intentions were good in wanting to find a way for students to feel successful in an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ernet search and there exists hundreds of variations of such games for your phone, computer, keychain and, yes, still handheld versions. So, why shouldn’t we have a version for the calculator? TI graphing calculator connected with the TI-Innovator™ Hub I...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...ve an innate need to care for others, and this can be challenging to overcome, but now is the time to work on that. As a classroom teacher, I often didn’t even consider my own needs as I was consumed with the needs of my children, my students and their families, but this ultimately leads to frust...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... students learned self-discipline by participating in virtual lessons, completing assignments and managing their time in ways that “regular school” didn’t require. Some students learned that they could engage with content at a different pace or have discussions with their classmates in breakout r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
... and BC Admin1: Tuesday May 4, 8AM local time (Paper, in-person only) Admin2: Monday May 24, 8 AM local time (Paper, in-person only) Admin3: Wednesday June 9, 11 AM local time (Digital, in-person and at home) AP Statistics Admin1: Monday May 17, 12 PM local time (Paper, in-person o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
... I like to keep one weekday and one weekend day free every week to do things I enjoy outside of work. For example, during the week I like to make Wednesday my day of rest. On Wednesdays, I try my best to leave school right when school day ends and intentionally do not bring any work home with m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...! --> 2: Have your pi and eat it, too! Have you heard of the Buffon’s needle problem? This problem approximates pi by dropping needles. Well, wouldn’t it be safer and tastier to use breadsticks? Yum! Watch this how-to video: 3: Everybody loves Pi and coloring! These Pi themed coloring...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ools got to learn basic programming by working with the TI-Innovator Hub and the TI-Innovator Rover. Many of the kids were having so much fun, they didn’t even realize they were learning important math and science skills. And, the STEM Squad has several other visits up their sleeve. Who knows? TI...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...ove this method! I immediately learned who my leaders and divergent thinkers were. I observed how students interacted among themselves, which they hadn’t been asked to do. As I checked their order, I learned their names and their birth dates. Notice I did not ask them to arrange themselves by ye...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
On Wednesday, September 19, Texas Instruments Education (@TICalculators) is hosting a Women in STEM Twitter Chat! Our goal is connect you to the awesome #WomenInSTEM community, both as a source of inspiration and a well of resources. Our panelists are female engineers, scientists, and mathematic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
... and read them out loud with my responses. For example, one request was for me to provide homework answer keys so they could check over the ones we didn’t discuss in class. Another suggestion was to allow students to choose their partners for group work; since I usually create random groupings, w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
... STEM experience. One of the advantages of the configuration where students wrote code on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator was that they didn’t need to switch applications on their computers between listening to the instruction and writing their programs. They also did not need to inst...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...is not divisible by any of the primes found so far), then the number i is added to the primelist in the else: block. Back to jingle You didn’t think I would wrap this up without giving you your own snowstorm? And I bet you are still singing “Jingle bells, jingle bells … jingle all the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Who knew math had moves?
...t it captured the attention of the local news. Local news photographer interviewing one of the students about what it’s like to work with Rover “I didn’t know that you could program with a calculator, at all, so this was really interesting,” said Aurea Le, a freshman in Brown’s class. She and cl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...ntial energy. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (pdf). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire CX activity on our website. 4: 'DNA Replication' from Biology DNA replication is one of those concepts that students simply cannot see. The process is too fast and too small to o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
... pi! 2: Have your Pi and eat it, too! Have you heard of the Buffon’s needle problem? This problem approximates pi by dropping needles. Well, wouldn’t it be safer and tastier to use breadsticks?!? Yum! Watch this how-to video: 3: Be rational, get real! Another fun way to celebrate pi is ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...standards addressed in the activity. The student documents also have the main objectives and standards. I have to admit, as a student, I probably wouldn’t have looked at the objectives or standards at all. I just wanted to know how to code, how to create and explore. Fast forward a few years (...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
If you are a teacher like me, you probably always have lots of ideas. I certainly do! Thank goodness I also have a circle of friends that share my passion and help me bring those ideas full circle. Many of my ideas seem to have a common theme: Provide fun, learning, engaging, real-world experien...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
At Texas Instruments, we love a good contest or quiz that helps get students and teachers excited about math and science. And, the winner of our latest #GenSTEM contest, gets us even more excited about math and science than usual. I didn’t even know that was possible! Meet Alex Livingston, a so...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...e of days.” Another said, “BURNING. My eye was bright red for pretty much the next 24 hours, to the point that I refused to do anything social that didn’t include sunglasses. I’m so paranoid about solution now.” The lesson of this experiment is that students use kinetic concepts to determine the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...ou’re new to Python or have been teaching with Python forever, the TI-84 Plus CE Python opens doors to numerous coding concepts and projects. Why wouldn’t we teach students how to extend the use of technology they are already using in math or science? See the “Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Ba...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience