Enhanced Act Math Test: What’s New and Tips to Know
...ength of time students have for the new ACT math portion is shorter than before, which is now 50 minutes (down from 60 minutes) as there are 15 fewer questions. Many of the questions that were removed were in the Integrating Essential Skills category — middle school math problems like ratio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Phoenix Chase
In this activity, students will design their own track and investigate the expected speeds and g-forces for the design.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/phoenix-chase
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...ill 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 be asked to draw a scatterplot on the exam; however, being familiar with creating and analyzing a sc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...es across a variety of industries. You might be asking: Just how can coding be used to enhance math instruction? Let’s look at one possible example: quadratics. We all teach it. What are some of the key ideas students should understand about quadratics? Quadratics can cross the x-axis twice...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
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
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...rally interested in – and force students to explore the math behind them. John, who is currently pursuing his PhD in math at MIT, created each of the questions himself and wants to see students exercise their brains as they kick-off a new school year. John’s first problem looks for mathematics in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
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
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...om a formula first. (My apologies to the students I had in my early years of teaching.) About the author: Curtis Brown has a bachelor’s degree in laser optical engineering and worked as an AP® Statistics and algebra II teacher for seven years before becoming a math specialist for Texa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...omen in STEM careers, we need to hear their stories. We need to learn about their interests and how they navigated their path. We need them to answer questions like: What inspired you to choose your career? What were your biggest obstacles? What advice do you have to give the next generation? Ex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...ices have played out in the classroom and what changes can be made so the class is more productive in the future. Here is how I have turned my end-of-quarter evaluations into valuable conversations about how to make math class better for all of us. Clear Communication Whatever your grading sy...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...t both these camps and how other educators could conduct similar camps with their students. Bishop shared some of her experiences with us in an email Q&A.* ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...ught it would be interesting and fun to put our discussions out into the world in the form of a podcast, providing anytime, anywhere access to ideas, questions and considerations for growing as a math educator. We keep each episode to about 30-minutes long, knowing that educators’ time is preciou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...ertex angles (the points of the stars) will be larger. Either int(n’2 or int(n/2)+1 yield the smallest vertex angles. Try it yourself. See the online lesson in TI Codes for all the details and step-by-step instructions. On another patriotic note, the U.S. flag is another great opportunit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...urriculum that were about to take place. To make these activities even more usable to IB® teachers, we recognized they would also need IB® exam style questions to go hand in hand with each activity. But as IB® teachers ourselves, we knew the need would be more than just activities, and that teach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...ons for teaching in the age of personalized education.” — Yong Zhao, Ph.D. “The Impact of Identity in K–8 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-Based Practices” by Julia Aguirre, Karen Mayfield-Ingram and Danny Martin Filled with insightful descriptions and recommendations on impact...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...a new high school event called Detector Building. In the 35-year history of Science Olympiad, incorporating coding has been challenging because of inequitable computer availability and a lack of training resources for teachers and students. In the last few years, Texas Instruments (TI) has helped...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...on The TI-Nspire™ CX or CX II graphing calculator is an amazing tool that can be used in partnership with a Vernier sensor or probe. The Vernier DataQuest™ App for TI-Nspire™ technology is built right into the calculator’s home screen. Students can collect real-world data, analyze that data and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Ingenuity-takes-flight
... Using math boxes (⌘-M) in the Notes app. We found that the velocity of 2,537 rpm, which the blades reached on that first flight, was equal to 266 rad/sec and that it took an average acceleration of about 22.2 rad/sec2 to reach that velocity. The question we asked next was: How fas...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
...ely because their math education relied heavily on memorization to learn facts and procedures. Fortunately, that’s no longer true. Teaching techniques have evolved, and more and more kids today are learning something much more valuable and useful: algebraic thinking, number sense, and how to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
A case for handheld graphing calculators
...ty of students already have a handheld graphing calculator, there is no guarantee they have access to a smartphone, laptop or tablet needed to use an online graphing calculator in class. In fact, two-thirds of classrooms between grades 8 and 12 are not one-to-one, meaning the majority of students...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
...). But, so you know, I do like to give my students some graphical sense or meaning behind the formal definition, which is formidable given its double quantifiers. Game time: Try the following graphing “challenge” for students to play as a game. If \lim_{x\rightarrow a}f(x)=L, then the graphing ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs
Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM
... NCSM conference that focused on making waves of positive change for students. The state of STEM education today is a good-news/bad-news story that requires immediate attention to turn it into only a good-news story. And as a parent, long-time educator and now head of TI’s education technology bu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/mathmadness
Solution 24790: Simultaneously Solving a System of Nonlinear Equations on the TI-Nspire™ Family Handheld.
Solution 24790: Simultaneously Solving a System of Nonlinear Equations on the TI-Nspire™ Family Handheld. Solution 24790: Simultaneously Solving a System of Nonlinear Equations on the TI-Nspire™ Family Handheld. global Solution 24790: Simultaneously Solving a System of Nonlinear Equations...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-nspire-family/product-usage/24790
Solution 12660: Equations Used to Calculate Linear Regressions on TI Graphing Calculators.
Solution 12660: Equations Used to Calculate Linear Regressions on TI Graphing Calculators. Solution 12660: Equations Used to Calculate Linear Regressions on TI Graphing Calculators. global Solution 12660: Equations Used to Calculate Linear Regressions on TI Graphing Calculators. website ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/12660
Solution 29130: Calculating and Graphing Quadratic Regressions Using the TI-73 Family Calculator.
Solution 29130: Calculating and Graphing Quadratic Regressions Using the TI-73 Family Calculator. Solution 29130: Calculating and Graphing Quadratic Regressions Using the TI-73 Family Calculator. global Solution 29130: Calculating and Graphing Quadratic Regressions Using the TI-73 Family ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/other-graphing/product-usage/29130