DIY TI Codes Contest
... product. To help you out, here are some past TI Codes Contest themes: Everyday life Food Living and working in space Health, wellness or medicine Establish a timeline and logistics Our TI Codes Contest typically consists of fou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...blog. Find something that strikes your fancy. Some projects I would use if I wanted to reinforce and practice math content; other projects engage and spark interest in computer science topics such as cryptography. Why limit computer science to only one week? You might find more than one of these ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...ds keyword typos. Notice, the templates below have the keywords in black and use blue placeholders to indicate where parameters belong. Python spacing can be frustrating and problematic — not anymore! Traditional Python can be tricky because it uses specific indentation for iteration ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
... the end of class, we hope we have engaged and motivated our students, connected their learning to their interests, hope it sticks, and may even just spark a new curiosity. Happy game day celebrations! And don’t forget to save me a seat on the couch. About the author: Cara Kugler currentl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Percentage Composition of Methane
Participants analyze the atomic percentage composition of methane using the calculator, lists and graphs. The spatial orientation of the carbon and hydrogen atoms in the methane molecule is also analyzed.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/percentage-composition-of-methane
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
... with 360/n — why does it do this? But what about a star polygon? How can we make more or fewer points? r is the number of revolutions made to complete a star polygon. How many points on a star does the value r= int(n/2) create? What would happen if you made this value smaller? Would you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
NASA - Space Shuttle Ascent: Mass vs. Time
In this activity, students explore the ascent phase which begins at liftoff and ends when the space shuttle reaches Earth's orbit. The space shuttle must accelerate from zero to approximately 7,850 meters per second (which is approximately 17,500 miles per hour) in eight and a half minutes to re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-ascent-mass-vs--time
Monopoly and Regression
This lesson involves analyzing the association between the number of spaces from Go and the cost of the property on a standard Monopoly board.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/monopoly-and-regression
NASA - Newton's Cool in the Pool
To prepare 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...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--newtons-cool-in-the-pool
NASA - ARED -- Resistive Exercise in Space
In this lesson, students will explore the real-world situation of resistive exercise in space.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--ared--resistive-exercise-in-space
Linear Regression: Wing Span/Height
Students take measurements of individual's wing span and height and create a coordinate graph. The activity should include at least three different grade levels. Students submit an equation through "Activity Center" and the class compares the different equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-regression-wing-spanheight
Expanding Space Station
Students will find and compare function rules for a given pattern. They also evaluate variable expressions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/expanding-space-station
How I overcame my fear of mathematics and finally understood the world
...or literacy in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). I’m not talking about the drills required to perform addition, subtraction and other computational types of math. While those are certainly important, today’s technology gives our children an opportunity to focus on mastering higher...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/overcoming-fear-of-math
StatisticsOfficeHours
...or Categorical Data (Units 6 and 8) Presentation March 1: Inference for Quantitative Data (Units 7 and 9) Presentation Click here to join our upcoming session. And, access all of our live and previously recorded Office Hours sessions on our YouTube channel here. Undoubtedly, this is going ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
Best_Of_Science
...nd offers rich detail for each element. It’s a must-have for every chemistry student! Screenshots from the Tool: Periodic Table. 2. Space/Earth’s Seasons: Tilting Earth This lesson is great for showing students the effect of Earth’s tilt with respect to the different seasons. S...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/best_of_science
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...to the customer’s design constraints. This easy on-ramp freed kids to explore questions about plant physiology and consider how dry the soil should become (and how quickly that might happen) between watering cycles. Through explorations, students came to understand the architecture of the code (c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
Science TODAY™ - Corn Crop is a Bin-Buster
Using the USA TODAY Snapshot® " data from the USDA Statistics Service website, and information from a USA TODAY article, students will be asked to calculate percent change, do summations of data, observe trends, and offer explanations as to the reasons for those trends in agricultural p...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--corn-crop-is-a-binbuster
Conics & Parametrics 1
This activity is a LearningCheck™ to quickly assess students' ability to identify conics from their equations in both rectangular and parametric form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/conics--parametrics-1
Forensics: STEM Behind Hollywood
...apibus Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Pharetra Ornare Mattis Magna Commodo The renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Diane France, Ph.D., D-ABFA, worked with TI to develop two TI-Nspire™ classroom activi...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood/forensics
Space: STEM Behind Hollywood
...apibus Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Pharetra Ornare Mattis Magna Commodo The simulation opens with discussion-provoking depictions of the catastrophic events resulting from a massive asteroid striking ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood/space
Computer Science | Lessons Using Python | Texas Instruments
... Expressions Download lesson 1 Download lesson 2 Lists Download lesson 1 Download lesson 2 td .event-info span { display: inline-flex;} For TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators Python lessons by topic Download Intro to CS and AP® CSP lessons ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science/lessons-using-python
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...vehicle. It’s fun, it’s cool, and best of all, students of all ages with no prior coding experience can get the Rover to move and follow their coding commands in just a few minutes! Let’s take a look at a few specific activities where educators are effectively using the Rover to elevate student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... Using real-world environmental issues is an easy way to get students engaged and thinking critically about problems that may be affecting their own communities. A task as simple as walking around a schoolyard could have students realizing their school might have an issue with trash. This can le...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
The Tale of Two Tangents
This activity allows students to investigate the relationship between the angle formed by two tangents to a circle and the arcs they intercept.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-tale-of-two-tangents
Properties of Reflections
I use this activity in the beginning of the school year when introducing terminology such as angles, lines, segments, measures, perpendicular etc. The original material is from the SIMMS Integrated Mathematics Using Technology, I have adapted the activities to fit my objectives. Students have be...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-reflections