Who knew math had moves?
...erfect time for us to be able to have something like this in the classroom,” said Brown. Students in her computer science class were among more than 1200 students across San Antonio that participated in an area-wide STEM day, sponsored by TI. Employees from TI and T³ instructors, who were in San ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...o your classroom with TI’s coloring books. Grab some markers and start coloring 4. Stickers for your calculators When it comes to learning math, sometimes students need some chill reminders now and again. These “hip”-py stickers feature useful tips and reminders to he...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
... just activities, and that teachers would also need training resources to implement the changes that would soon be upon them. The new website would become a place where teachers could find IB® aligned activities and also sign up for upcoming monthly webinars. Past webinars that discuss the change...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...w can I (or my students) make my own? Well, these examples are meant to inspire and motivate you and your students to get creative with those little computers. These two projects involving balloons and buttons have a lot of common features: Both use a graphical display Both utilize...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
... still register!) “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by Peter Liljedahl This easy read includes easily applied and practical recommendations. It also includes relevant research on what actually matters in helping all students learn mathematics. “This is definitely one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...ed I was first introduced to STEM projects and the support that TI can offer when I hosted my own STEM camp through a GEAR UP grant in the summer of 2018. I had the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators and TI-Innovator™ Hubs in my classroom and had used them with my STEM club after school. My dist...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ts to share to get you started! Here is my first Mixed Six. Example: Mixed Six activity I gave it to my students a few weeks later to complete, and they immediately started making suggestions of other topics. I was a little overwhelmed at first. I sent out an email to several othe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...amily of graphing calculators to leverage when taking the ACT. There are 60 questions on the math section of the ACT and you only have 60 minutes to complete them. The TI-84 Plus graphing calculator is allowed during the entire portion of the math section of the ACT.* The questions get more diff...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
When attending a conference, most participants hope to leave inspired, motivated and empowered with strategies and tools to make positive impacts in their classrooms, schools and educational communities. The 2021 T³™ International Conference was appropriately themed, Encourage. Engage. Empower....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...dered the math that it takes for vehicles to drive on Mars? In this session, we will code robotic vehicles using mathematics to drive, make turns and complete a challenge. Best part: no coding experience needed! Technology: TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator; TI-Innovator™ Rover Link to presentati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...s Play Dreidel Have some fun with Hanukkah by asking your students to write code on their TI graphing calculators that will spin the dreidel. See who comes out the winner. 4) Happy New Year Hook up to the TI-Innovator™ Hub and challenge your students to play “Auld Lang Syne.” Take it a step furt...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...alentine. Download a PDF of a blank valentine and one that’s ready to be shared. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...and get_mouse() functions as seen in the right image. If the key pressed is the “center” key (that’s the center of the touchpad or a mouse-click on a computer), then x, y = get_mouse() is used to get the current mouse position on the screen (in default coordinates regardless of any window settin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...never have actually related the motion to the graph and equation that models the motion with distance as a function of time. In this lesson, students compare and contrast the motion of two trains and relate their motion to graphs of distance as a function of time. For more information, downloa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...esidual plot to confirm whether your proposed regression models the data well. Refer to the video below for steps for doing this on your calculator. 2: Normal Probabilities The computation of probabilities for random variables that are normally distributed is a core concept in the course. You ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
...g calculator TI-Nspire™ CX CAS graphing calculator TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator Notice that super-powerful CAS (which stands for Computer Algebra System) calculators are allowed. In addition to finding numeric answers, a CAS calculator provides algebraic answers in simplest f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...ade TEACHES WHERE: Woodmont High School in Greenville, South Carolina TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 23 years Daniel in his own words: Why did you become a teacher? I had a couple of good role models when I was going through high school math classes, especially when I was a sophomore. I had an e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators
...borated in order to lay out a framework that can help educators across disciplines equip all students for a world that’s increasingly demanding STEM competencies. "A project of this nature has never been done before – assembling disparate yet dependent education organizations to learn from eac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/a-first-of-its-kind-stem-strategy-charts-path-to-help-educators
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...s: Choose to Challenge. This International Women’s Day, Texas Instruments (TI) engineer, Tracy Hamilton, has her hand up high to show she is committed to “choosing to challenge.” We choose our inner circle. We choose our lifestyle. We choose our beliefs. We choose our careers. I’d ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Get Out and #SpreadMathLove
...p to spread math love around the U.S. and, ultimately, the globe, through some supercute exclusive trackables. These trackables are small tokens that come in five different, fun “math buddy” designs: Acutie on Duty Buddies² Infinitely in Love Irrational Love of Pi Far Out Fractals, Man ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/geocaching
Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
...th the same sound as the first letter of their first name. It is a great way to help you and their classmates to remember names and pronunciations. #2. Jump Right In! Start with a content lesson on the first day. Get students engaged in a team-building STEM activity like building a paper tower,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
...ool Careers,” a series of calculator activities that show kids how they will have to use math in any career, even ones they would least expect, from commercial airline pilot to fashion designer. I’ve witnessed the power of these efforts first hand. When a child can finally relate to a concept th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
#NCTMregionals Seattle 2018 Recap
...dered the math that it takes for vehicles to drive on Mars? In this session, we will code robotic vehicles using mathematics to drive, make turns and complete a challenge. Best part: no coding experience needed! Technology: TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator; TI-Innovator™ Rover Link to presentati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/nctm-seattle
5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Exam Week | Texas Instruments
...our hair. Bake a cake. I don’t care. Just do something other than the question that’s making you crazy. Let your brain and body chill out, and you’ll come back ten times (approximately) stronger and ready to take on the world/your math homework. Anxiety Tip #3: Just Breathe I know it sounds clich...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/5-tips-for-a-healthy-happy-exam-week
Professional basketball star donates TI calculators to his former high school
...ready. “Riverside has always meant a lot to me. I started off my high school career here and it feels good to give back to the school and to this community that meant so much to me – I am happy to do it,” said Warren, who was joined by his parents and former basketball coach.” Warren, who ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/february/tj-warren-donates