TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
... Manager for science and STEM education at Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments’ Path to STEM projects provide students stepping stones to learn fundamental concepts in electrical engineering through short hands-on activities using breadboards, wires and electronics components. Students will...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
I’m back! Are you ready to expand your skill set in Python? Remember that Python is both a procedural and an object-oriented programming language (OOP). A class is the definition (description) of an object. An object has attributes (variables) and methods (functions) that determine its propertie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
... simplest form and can perform calculus commands, such as integrals and derivatives. Which calculators are not allowed? The SAT® policy also lists functionality that is not permitted on the exam, which includes: Models that can access the internet, have wireless, Bluetooth, cellular, audio/v...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
... can access a Google Doc™ here with some ideas to get started. Simply make a copy of the document and customize it based on things you think would be fun for your class. To play, simply call out something on your list, such as an item in their home that is in the shape of a pyramid. Then, send ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...are not going to learn in their other classes, but it could open doors to possibilities of what they might want to do in their future. Plus it’s just fun. I love getting to Friday and students asking me, ‘Are we going to code today?’ It's a good feeling. What is most important to you about being ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...typically choose a case where one denominator has a “repeated factor” and/or a denominator containing a factor of “x.”) Transformations of functions In part 1 of this post, which highlights usage of CAS in algebra I, I used the Solve tool to encourage students to consider the number o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Jessica Kohout
...avigator system, as well as eight TI-Innovator Hubs. By starting with one project per quarter, I'm slowly incorporating coding and engineering design fundamentals into my classes. My hope is to expose my students to the idea of coding, and how it can be used in both Biology and Engineering Design...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/teacher-of-the-month
Three Pawsitively Fun TI-Nspire Math Activities
...Nspire activity on our website. 3. Dog Days or Dog Years Students will explore input/output relationships as they describe domain, range, and linear functions in the context of converting dog ages into human years. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (PDF). You can view and downlo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/dog_blog
Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
...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, a fun math problem or a science investigation. Make it a fun, easy activity with multiple solutions so that everyone can participate and feel include...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
...ak negatively about math, and 44 percent have heard an adult say, “I hate math.” That needs to change. Personally, I have enjoyed exposing my kids to fun things that require math like programming and after-school robotics clubs. These activities allow kids to have a great time collaborating with ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
AP® Precalculus Resources Teachers Love | Texas Instruments
...us. Some teachers are covering parts of Unit 4 after the exam. The four AP® Precalculus course units include: Unit 1 — Polynomial and Rational Functions Unit 2 — Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Unit 3 — Trigonometric and Polar Functions Unit 4 — Functions Involving Parameters, Vec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/ap-precalculus-resources-teachers-will-love
Let’s Get Back to the Basics
...r key here. In the Back to the Basics Calculator Activity, students are required to challenge themselves with high-level problem-solving by graphing functions and equations, interpreting tables of values and evaluating expressions. This activity is designed for algebra I and intended to be com...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtothebasicsactivity
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...n technology. We develop special software that simulates human actions on TI calculators and software. It enables our team to write tests that verify functionality, such as: “Does the calculator return 4 for 2+2?” These tests are important because they can be rerun every time the code changes wit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
The Long Road to My STEM Career
...s was to memorize a three-by-three grid of the relationships among the three sides of a right triangle and the value of each sine, cosine and tangent function. At 12 years old, I didn’t see how the assignment was relevant. This learning activity was the opposite of fun; it wasn’t accessible, and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...a better part of the school year. And, don’t just talk at the kids. Create a conversation like you’re used to doing in class. Keep it interactive and fun. 3. Structure creates connection In an online environment, students are learning in isolation, yet they have a need and desire for social inte...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
... along with a built-in ruler and compass to get all of your measurements in one place. On the less practical side, Galu expects students to have some fun personalizing the customizable calculator cases. “I hope students take the design and use it to express their personality, perhaps by adding th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
How To Use the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators To Succeed on the ACT®
...tion app on the TI-84 Plus CE provides an illustration of the movement that changing the value of b has on the graph. Here are the steps to graph the function using the Transformation app: Press Œ} and choose the Transfrm to start the app running. Press o and enter the function in the problem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/digital-act-84
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...nd. You can watch at your leisure, and most are only an hour long. You can knock one out in no time! Algebra Through Calculus: Domain and Range of Functions Hosted by Corey Boby and Kim Thomas AP® Calculus Readers discuss domain and range of functions in this second session of our “Algebra T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
STEM Projects: Exploring the Heartbeat | Texas Instruments
... Plumber: Modeling the Four-Chambered Heart In The Heart Project, students are tasked with completing three different challenges to demonstrate the function of a heart. The three challenges are: Challenge 1: Setting up a Simple Circuit Challenge 2: Modeling the Flow of Blood Through ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/heartbeat-of-stem
Best of Biology
...little review. Screenshot from the Building and Interpreting Graphs activity. 2. Cells: Cell Size and Transport — Cell Structure and Function This lesson is great for introducing the concepts of animal and plant cells, as well as organelles. The colorful animations and interacti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...d enter those in column C. Those time intervals in column C can then be plotted on a Data & Statistics page (Figure 7). Using the regression analysis function of the graphing calculator or the computer software, we can analyze our data and determine how well the mathematical model fits the experi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Investigating the Derivatives of Some Common Functions
Investigating the Derivatives of Some Common Functions apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Calculus Activity Overview I...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-investigating-derivatives-common-functions
AP® Calculus Resources
...ave scatter plots whose points form a straight line. Arithmetic Sequences and Series Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs and an input-output diagram. *NEW/UPDATED Back in Time Students wi...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...acher. It’s easy to help a student learn once you understand who they are as a person and what they know. What do you love most about teaching? It's fun to get a class engaged in an activity that they find both enjoyable and intriguing. There's a fine line between learning mathematics and play, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Graphing Calculators Are Now Approved for the AP® Biology Exam, but What Else Can I Do With Them?
... be used by students to explore all aspects of mathematics and how math can be used to explain phenomena. Whether by graphs, calculations, equations, functions or data, these tools should be used to help students better understand the world around them with the power of mathematics. From a biolog...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/graphingcalculatorsapproved