TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...or a true test of the abilities and perseverance of this new generation of future engineers, scientists and STEM initiates. We received dozens of entries, ranging from ways to make the ISS cleaner and safer for the astronauts, to making processes more efficient, to improving the quality of lif...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...at five activities you can try with your students. 1. Code the Flag This year, there will be approximately 10,000 athletes competing from 205 countries (however there are only 195 countries; a great topic for discussion) in 31 sports. The flag for this worldwide event has five interlocking r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...H and the marching band to shout “surprise” when the boys returned. Nate and Jeffery were surprised to learn they were selected from more than 1,000 entries as winners of our nationwide Spread the Math Love Contest, honoring math heroes. Cheltenham High School senior Jeffery Gaskin, computer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
Many people know about Girl Scouts, especially when cookie season comes around and boxes of Thin Mints® and Samoas® line the break rooms of offices and accrue in the pantries of homes. Yes, the cookies are delicious, but what Girl Scouts is doing to shape girls to be the next generation of scie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...Christian Schools, we sent an experiment up to the International Space Station. We learned how to use a microprocessor to run our experiment — I was intrigued. How could I utilize the skills learned in this elite group of students for all of my students? I was then introduced to the Texas Instr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
... provide a series of stepping stones to the important mathematical idea addressed by the task. Even students whose thinking is very preliminary can contribute, enhancing their mathematical identity and beliefs as learners. Prioritize the most important mathematics. Getting through all the m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...fore the pandemic, like ensuring students are building conceptual understanding and making sense of mathematics, and to let go of those that didn’t contribute to student learning, like only using lectures, note taking and skills practice. Although it can feel like we are saving time when we teach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
To STEM and Beyond!
As a chemistry teacher, I have always been intrigued on how to do what the engineering design and computer science teachers do in their classes. “Why,” do you ask? We are educating the future workforce. Our students are being trained and taught for jobs that haven’t even been created yet. The ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...en (if it knows a given piece of information) or red (if it does not). A red square learns this information (becomes green) if at least two of its neighbors (sharing an edge) already knows it. For example, in this situation the bottom middle square becomes green: On a 10 X 10 grid, what is t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...im of improving student reasoning and justification skills can support real mathematical modeling in our classes in the near future. If you were intrigued by this blog and wish to learn more about how to design and facilitate engaging problems, check out the on-demand webinar “Puzzle Problems...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
... are calculated, and where the money goes. (The .tns file used in this blog can be downloaded here.) We all want our students to become successful contributing members of our society, and providing them with authentic, integrated financial literacy activities is a way to help them attain this go...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...field of graphic design, and actually decided pretty late in life that I wanted to be a teacher. However, I’ve always known that I wanted to make a contribution to the world and help make a real difference. I want to show kids that math isn't as scary as people may think it is, especially if you ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...+ 3x is 11 less than 79, find x. Write the equation: 26 + 3x = 79 – 11 and solve using these algebraic steps: You can also copy and edit previous entries. In example 2, you have an inequality and numerical choices, so you can substitute in one value into the expression to check if it works. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
The Heartbeat of STEM
... program to blink four LED lights in a sequence to show the flow of blood through the heart starting with the right atrium and ending with the left ventricle. Students add in sounds after each cycle to beep like an EKG machine. They can also figure out how to speed up or slow down their cycles an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...of winning is indeed ⅔. Check out the one we used here for the Monty Hall problem. Download the .tns file for the Monty Hall problem. If you were intrigued by this blog and wish to learn more about how to use the Monty Hall problem in your classroom, check out the on-demand webinar “Let’s Make...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...sion that we had. (NaviGator) I really enjoyed the critical thinking put into the project’s programming and building portions. I took a more intricate approach to solving potential problems with our model: working backward. I found potential problems and worked backward to prevent them fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...ey aren’t surprised at the end of the quarter. I make sure that my students know the grade they earned in my class and how the different components contributed to that grade. Before we had an online grading portal for students to check their progress, I would print out grade slips so students cou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...sked with implementing project-based science and utilizing investigative techniques. In informal learning spaces, authentic learning experiences are intrinsic; therefore, whatever happens, must be real-world related. TI solutions can help provide activities that strengthen science and math skills...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...sues, including what to do with all of our garbage. They assist developers in thinking about the environmental impact of garbage when creating new neighborhoods or businesses. In the “Garbage Problem” activity for the TI-84 graphing calculator, students realize how much garbage we create, which c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
Did you know Computer Science Education Week is Dec. 5–11, 2022? Looking for new Computer Science activities? Want them all nicely organized in one spot? Have you seen the new computer science resources from Texas Instruments? Now is the perfect time to check it out! As one of the contributing a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...may not realize that by providing tricks, mnemonics or cutesy kinds of tools to help students learn and remember mathematics they are inadvertently contributing to confusion and disconnect for their students down the road. A good read for teachers helping students make sense of mathematics acr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...arly March and saw a post by Ben Gordon (@mathsmrgordon). He shared a Google drive full of middle school level Mixed Six activities. I was instantly intrigued by this concept. A Mixed Six is basically a mathematical task design using Pointon’s and Sangwin’s question taxonomy to develop thinki...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
...d it could all be yours! There are several ways to enter, including simply using the links below to follow @TICalculators on social media. The more entries you earn, the better your chances to win. Two winners will be randomly selected to receive a fun holiday gift package featuring items like ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
... rightly framing their work. Frames that are too thin make it hard for students to focus, while frames that are too thick do not invite students to contribute. An immediate application of appropriate frames can be the implementation of conjectures and counterexamples. By allowing students to stat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Which Texas Instruments (TI) Calculator for the ACT® and Why?
...the test administrators by putting the note you see above. The TI naming convention being so similar (TI-Nspire™ CX vs. TI-Nspire™ CX CAS) may have contributed to the problem. TI Calculators Allowed on the ACT® Per the policy, the following types of calculators are permitted, but only after th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/which-ti-calculator-for-the-act-and-why