Using Symmetry to Find the Vertex of a Parabola
Students graph a quadratic function and investigate its symmetry by choosing pairs of points with the same y-value.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-symmetry-to-find-the-vertex-of-a-parabola
At a Snail's Pace
In this activity, students plot a mathematical relationship that defines a spiral. They use technology to create a spiral and to plot a set of ordered pairs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/at-a-snails-pace
Order Pears
Students investigate ordered pairs by graphically exploring the coordinates of a point on a Cartesian plane and identifying characteristics of a point corresponding to the coordinate.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/order-pears
Domain, Range and Function Mapping
Students explore the concept of domain, range and function mapping through a variety of visual representations. Interactive sets, ordered pairs and graphs provide for opportunities for students to explore, the idea is then flipped as students build a function to match the domain and range supplied.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/domain-range-and-function-mapping
Linear Transformations
This lesson involves linear transformations from R2 to R2 represented by matrices. Note: R2 = R x R represents the set of all pairs of real numbers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-transformations
Order Pears
In this activity, students will interactively investigate ordered pairs. They will graphically explore the coordinates of a point on a Cartesian plane, identifying characteristics of a point corresponding to the coordinate. Students will plot ordered pairs of a function, list these in a table of ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/order-pears_1
Vertical and Adjacent Angles
In this introductory or review activity, students will explore vertical and adjacent angles. They will define and identify pairs of angles. Then they will change the intersecting lines of a geometric model to make conjectures about the relationships of the pairs of angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vertical-and-adjacent-angles_1
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...ctor trees” (figure 3). Being the enthused math student, I'm sure I took great delight in breaking down a number into its prime factors, then finding pairs of common factors to help simplify a radical. However, I wonder how much of the process of simplifying a radical, the end goal, was lost in t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... could accomplish if each student in your class created a flash card stack with a different list of vocabulary. After a few days of practice, partner pairs could link calculators and swap vocabulary lists. Let’s take a look at how the code might look: (Note that #1, #2 a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...a TI-Nspire™ file on their handhelds where a parent function can be manipulated using a slider to observe how the function rule, graph and coordinate pairs of a parent function change based on defined parameters. For example, the video below demonstrates a file I use to introduce students to tran...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
...reat method is to use the Such That command on TI-Nspire™ technology to substitute numbers into the equations. In this problem, there are two ordered pairs that can be substituted into the equations. If the equation is true for both ordered pairs, you may have found the answer. There are s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Where Should They Hold the Fundraising Party?
Students learn how to create a table of values for a simple linear function and use the table to create a graph on squared paper. They use the graphing calculator to display the ordered pairs and find values of corresponding to values of the other variable by scrollinghttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/where-should-they-hold-the-fundraising-party
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...TI-Innovator Hub and uses coding, math and science logic to do things like draw, crash or even dance. At Travis Vanguard, students were divided into pairs and given 30 minutes to program Rover to dance. Given the simple programming language on TI graphing calculators, the students were able to g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...uniors lead Keota third graders through the program that uses Rover to draw a robot. Much to the excitement of teachers and students, The Oklahoma Welcome, a local newspaper, wrote a news story the event, giving the students some well-deserved recognition: Keota students get hands-on with new TI-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...understand the coordinate plane.” First Rover driving experiments on the coordinate plane. Next, the class did a lesson on graphing ordered pairs and then used the Rovers to find points and move objects using the coordinates. After coding in Scratch and using the code to draw polygons...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/using-robotics-to-teach-math
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
... understand the coordinate plane.” First Rover driving experiments on the coordinate plane. The class then did a lesson on graphing ordered pairs and then used the Rovers to find points and move objects using the coordinates. After coding in Scratch and using the code to draw polygons...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
Transforming Fish
In this activity, students will discover how pictures formed by graphing ordered pairs can be stretched (and shrunk) by multiplying (and dividing) the coordinates.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transforming-fish
The Variables of Renting
In this activity, students will identify what a variable is, construct a table of values, graph the ordered pairs from the table, and use the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition to graph the equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-variables-of-renting
Changing Before My Eyes
In this activity, students will discover how pictures formed by graphing ordered pairs can be stretched (and shrunk) by multiplying (and dividing) the coordinates.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/changing-before-my-eyes
Back in Time
Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs, and an input-output diagram. Back in Time apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Prog...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-back-in-time
Back in Time
Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs, and an input-output diagram. Back in Time apcalculus website Students will explore the definition of ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-back-in-time
Back in Time
Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs, and an input-output diagram. Back in Time apcalculus website Students will explore the definition of ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-back-in-time
Parallel Lines and Angles
Students will use TI-Nspire technology to investigate the relationships between two corresponding angles and between two alternate interior angles. At the end of this activity, students should be able to discover that if two parallel lines are cut by a transversal the pairs of corresponding angle...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-angles
Exploring Parallel Lines and Angles
Students will explore the relationships between pairs of angles formed when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. They will identify special pairs of angles, measure all the angles formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal, and then look for patterns among the measures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-parallel-lines-and-angles
Investigating Parallelograms
The purpose of this activity is to use TI-Nspire to explore the properties of parallelograms. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-parallelograms