Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...ctive chart below), and see what years would be a better year to win. However, I think any year is a good year to win a gold medal. Gold medals are required to be made from at least 92.5% silver and must contain a minimum of 6 grams of gold. All medals must be at least 60mm in diameter and 3mm th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...orm with them on ways to achieve a badge, help them complete a badge already in progress, or simply create a fun, engaging STEM event, like our STEM Squad. We will do our best to support requests large and small. For example, this April, my colleague, Beth Smith, will help Girl Scouts of West C...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
In honor of National STEM Day, we want to introduce you to the Texas Instruments (TI) STEM Squad, a team of former teachers, current teachers and TI employees that’s on a mission to get more kids interested and excited about STEM subjects. Since the summer of 2018, TI’s STEM Squad has been tour...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ode are too many? Should it focus on Python to teach math, Python to enhance math or computer science that uses math? I decided the answer to all the questions above was, “Yes!” Why make it one size fits all? Therefore, this is a “choose your own adventure” in coding blog. Find something that str...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...really is a way to engage all of your students, even the most distracted, most reluctant learner? 100% engagement is possible! I started implementing questioning strategies my very first year of teaching, and I believe it is the key to student success, classroom management, and of course, engagem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
... was adapted from the popular Phet series of simulations. Screenshots from the Physics: Energy Skate Park activity. 5. Rotational Equilibrium and Simple Machines: Simple Machines — Balancing Act (HS) Adapted from the popular Phet simulations, Balancing Act is broken into two p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...ide live, content sessions via YouTube for students and teachers alike. Consider this must-see AP® Calculus TV! The sessions will cover content and questions that teachers have specifically asked us to review. And, as an added bonus, Kokoska and Dick will review some original, unique problems t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...Ring of Fire This activity takes students on a journey around the Pacific Rim and the infamous “Ring of Fire.” Students will plot locations of earthquakes and volcanos to see if any pattern emerges. Screenshots from the Ring of Fire activity. 3. Earth’s Water: Fresh Water — T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math
TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Read the Story TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math Texas Instruments Albuquerque schools using high-tec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/october/ti-tech-in-use
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
Python + Math = true love! This Valentine’s Day activity had a simple beginning. My good friend, Julie Riggins, and I were asked the question, “Will you do a Valentine's Day themed webinar?” Did we have a large bank of activities to draw from? Did we have a single idea? Nope. So, of course we s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...wait over 16 years before we went looking for a clown fish in “Finding Nemo.” Then, 16 years after that, we went “Finding Dory.” Now, I am not one to question things too critically, but why is it that animated fish get lost so easily? We can save that for another blog post. Because I am a mat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...y continue through the different phases of the contest. The design and build stages include a video consultation with a team of TI experts who answer questions and provide valuable feedback to the teams about their design. Students become immersed in a complete product design experience — an incr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...ems, pressure that is tapping a rapidly dwindling groundwater supply. With this in mind, and eager to learn more about the operation of our school’s aquaponic greenhouse, we leveraged the “Smart Water with TI-Innovator™” project to extend our students’ engineering skills and their appreciation of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...lassroom’s four walls. During the typical school day, we as classroom teachers are often limited to somewhat canned activities that are part of our required curriculum or scope/sequence from our district. That’s where summer camps come into the picture. The flexibility of summer yields the perfec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
Chemical equilibrium is one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand, and it’s even more difficult to find a model that will work every time. Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
Math (X)pression Quiz | Social Butter-Pi
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 2 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 3 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Calculated Constant
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 1 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 4 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 5 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 6 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 7 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 8 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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