Investigating Sine and Cosine Functions Graphically
Students will use Sliders on the TI-Nspire to change coefficients of the basic sine and cosine function. Students will investigate how the graph changes by looking at different coefficients. Students will also investigate the sine and cosine graphs by comparing intersection points. Download t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-sine-and-cosine-functions-graphically
Investing in Your Future - Using Spreadsheets to Make Comparisons
This activity provides students the opportunity to make financial decisions based on different investment scenarios. Students will use the spreadsheet application of the TI-Nspire calculator to compare the results of investing in a certificate of deposit or a Money Market Account. Students will p...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investing-in-your-future--using-spreadsheets-to-make-comparisons
NASA - Newton's Cool in the Pool
...of which are necessary to achieve mission success. In this problem, students are presented with a power outage, in which the pool's heater stopped working. They are to predict the temperature change in the NBL pool due to a power failure and determine how long it will take for the water in the p...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--newtons-cool-in-the-pool
Complex Numbers
Students calculate problems from the student worksheet to determine the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing complex numbers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/complex-numbers_1
Calculations at the Crazy Cookie Company
Performing matrix multiplication for the first time, students are prompted to use reasoning skills to determine if matrix products are possible for given pairs of matrices. The tutorial leads them through matrix product operations to find rules for matrix multiplication and predicting dimensions ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/calculations-at-the-crazy-cookie-company
Plane Mirrors
In this lesson, students will investigate the relationship between an object and its image in a plane mirror. Understanding how plane mirrors work provides a useful scaffold for understanding more complex situations, such as those involving concave and convex mirrors.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/plane-mirrors
Best Class
Students will create and explore a box plot and histogram for a data set. They then compare the two data displays by viewing them together and use the comparison to draw conclusions about the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/best-class
Trig Ratios - Exploring Sine, Cosine and Tangent
Using the Cabri Jr. App and the 83+/84+ calculators, student will explore and calculate the various trig ratios. This is an easy construction that and allow plenty of time of exploration and completion of the worksheet questions in class.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trig-ratios--exploring-sine-cosine-and-tangent
Transformations: Two Functions or Not Two Functions
Students create original artwork using all functions and conics studied throughout the course. Lines and absolute values, conic sections and whatever else they can stick in a "y=" are combined with some calculator tricks to make works of art that the students are really proud of.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations--two-functions-or-not-two-functions
Midpoint Quadrilateral
This problem presents an opportunity for students to think about properties of quadrilaterals, and also to work on confirming observations through geometric reasoning. If your state has adopted the Common Core State Standards, this alignment might be helpful: Geometry: Prove Geometric Theorems G....https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midpoint-quadrilateral
TI Codes | 10-Minute Coding Activities | Texas Instruments
Engage students in an easy entry into TI-Basic and Python programming. Get short activities that help spark interest in coding, computer science and robotics. TI Codes | 10-Minute Coding Activities | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes-overview
TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software (not compatible with CX II models)
Share files between the TI-Nspire handheld and your computer with TI-Nspire Computer Link Software.Share files between handheld and computer Educators and students can quickly and easily link a single handheld - TI-Nspire or TI-Nspire CAS handheld - to a single classroom or lab computer (running a supported Windows® or Mac® operating system). Capture screen images for use in documents fro...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/82035809F7E6474099944056CCB01C20/ti-nspire_computerlink
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-Nspire™ CX Graphing Calculator
...eed to find the cumulative probability of success between two values. Always remember that for the free-response section, you must show the correct work and justification for the computation. The exam readers will not accept “calculator speak” as justification; in other words, “1 - binomcdf(10,.5...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstatstipsfornspire
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
... will be the same format as prior years, several features of the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator will still be useful for you. In this post, I have compiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE. 1: Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
DIY TI Codes Contest
...el of the 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 consis...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
...ully crafted to help you understand current trends, follow best teaching practices and help your students grow. And to save you even more time, we’ve compiled a list of our top 10 most-watched videos from 2020 that you can enjoy and watch at your convenience. Knock one out (or all 10) in no time!...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
... make someone’s math dreams come true. This week, Texas Instruments (TI) surprised the first winner of the contest, calculus teacher Glen Marr from Park Vista Community High School, just outside of Palm Beach, Florida. High school senior Faith Southwick, who is the first person in her school’s hi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...th High School in Northbrook, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Scott is an advocate for using TI-technology and regularly presents at conferences, workshops and webinars, demonstrating how TI-technology can be effectively used by students to explore and learn mathematics. Follow Scott on Twitter...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...e Classroom — consider the depth of exploration students can have using their own, dedicated graphing calculator. Now students can easily share the work on their device directly back with you. For example, on a Google Slides™ web-based presentation program slide containing a task, some instructio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...at every level contributes to these inequities. I have sought to learn and understand the causes and have seen firsthand the effects. Although this work isn’t easy or straightforward, I believe that if stakeholders from all levels of the education system work together to correct the issues that c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...moving extremely fast, they are actually slowing down. Image courtesy of WENN Ltd / Alamy, found at Quantamagazine. 4. So Who’s the Shark? Let’s take the speed exploration to the water. Take a list of all the past gold medal winners in the 100-meter freestyle swim, and have student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...p students achieve in math and science. The girls in my troop really enjoy the STEM and coding activities, which got me thinking recently, “How can I combine my work experience with my passion for Girl Scouts?” This is my Girl Scout troop, Dublin Troop 408, on a zip line adventure in Col...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
... the next school year and continued throughout the year. My students loved it. They enjoyed the problem-solving aspect as well as seeing their hard work displayed on the handheld screen. I then started a STEM club. This club met once a week, and we continued using TI’s 10 Minutes of Code, but a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...g. 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 pro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...udents. If it were in my classroom, there would be a number that we would tear down each day with a Calculus meme on it. Instead, I’m using Remind to communicate with my kids. Teach the structure of the test. No matter if the test is on papers (admin 1 and 2) or online (admin 3), this year th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math