Index of Refraction: Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea
Refractive index is an important physical property of a substance that can be used for identification, purity determination or measurement of concentration. This activity is designed for the TI-Nspire handheld and intends to help students understand the refraction of light as it moves from one m...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/index-of-refraction--treasure-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea
Force on a Spring
The Learning Check file assesses student understanding of Hooke's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/force-on-a-spring
Motion Pretest
Students will assess their prior knowledge about motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/motion-pretest
Discovering Ohm's Law
In this activity students use Vernier Voltage and Current Probes to investigate Ohm's Law. The students collect data and use their graphing calculators to perform data analysis and "discover" Ohm's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-ohms-law
Distance, Velocity and Acceleration
This activity looks at the instantaneous velocities of a projectile motion. By varying g, Vo, and do students can look at the affects of gravity initial velocity and initial distance on a projectiles flight.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/distance-velocity-and-acceleration
Introduction to Electric Circuits
This activity will show how to properly connect wires to make a closed electric circuit. Included in this will be how to connect batteries in series and/or in parallel, and how to properly measure potential drops across a resistor and current for electron current and conventional current circui...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/introduction-to-electric-circuits
Equipotentials and Electric Fields
In this activity, students explore the concept of equipotentials around point charges. Students use the simulation to plot equipotentials and observe the patterns near a single positive charge, near two positive charges, and near a positive and a negative charge. Students also explore the relat...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equipotentials-and-electric-fields
Equipotentials and Electric Fields
In this activity, students will explore concepts related to equipotentials near point charges and the relationship between equipotentials and electric fields. Students will use a simulation to plot equipotentials near a single positive charge, near two positive charges, and near a positive and a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equipotentials-and-electric-fields_1
Exploring Hooke's Law
Students will conduct experiment to determine the spring constant of a spring scale and interpret data to find a linear fit for the data points.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-hookes-law
Exploring Parametric Equations With the 'Human Cannonball'
Students will explore the use of parametric equations to model the motion of the 'Human Cannonball' after being fired from a cannon. Key graph features will be explored, including maximum height, length of time in the air, and maximum distance traveled through the use of parametric equations and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-parametric-equations-with-the-human-cannonball
What is Boiling?
We will investigate the effects of heat on matter by studying boiling waterhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-is-boiling
Tiles in a Bag
Students explore probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by drawing tiles out of a bag.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tiles-in-a-bag
Bones Bones Them There Bones
Student use the theory behind carbon dating to determine the age of bones discovered in a garden. The beta decay of C-14 to nitrogen is the basis for this exploration.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/bones-bones-them-there-bones
Cells Never Lie
A forensics activity which deals with the idea of alcohol poisoning. Based on a Vernier Biology Lab on cell distruction in alcohol and Chemistry's Beer's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cells-never-lie
Celsius and Fahrenheit Number Line
A number line comparing temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/celsius-and-fahrenheit-number-line
Who Started it All?
Students look at the spread of disease and predict the model for that spread. Data is taken at the end of each "sharing" and the exponential model predicted is found to be faulty. The logistic model is then explore. Since we have the list of contacts and the data per contact we can trace it ba...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/who-started-it-all
The Ball and All of Its Energy
Students will collect data using a CBR-2 and a ball. The will create an Nspire document to analyze the energy of that toss. Students learn how to collect data, create documents and graphs to analyze data and understand the ideas of conservation of energy.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-ball-and-all-of-its-energy
Graphing Motion: Instantaneous and Average Speed (Follow up activity: Scalar and Vector Quantities)
Students are introduced to the calculator as a graphing tool and distinguish between average speed and instantaneous speed.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-motion-instantaneous-and-average-speed-follow-up-activity-scalar-and-vector-quantities
Blackbody Radiation
This program will produce the blackbody radiation curve for one or two objects when the student inputs the temperature(s) in kelvin. The program will also display on the curve the peak frequency and wavelength when one object is selected.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/blackbody-radiation
Boyle's Law
An inexpensive and effective setup for Boyle's law. The students experiment and perform data analysis to "discover" Boyle's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/boyles-law
Centripetal Acceleration
To observe the centripetal acceleration of an object in uniform circular motion. Relate the changes in velocity and radius to the centripetal acceleration.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/centripetal-acceleration
Circular Motion
In UCM, the net force called Fc is equal to mv2/r and is directed toward the center. This is demonstrated by an object that is suspended by a string and is moving in a circular path which makes a conical pendulum. In this experiment, you will measure the tension and the length of the string to ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circular-motion_1
Under Pressure
Students will conduct an experiment to determine the pressure applied to various objects.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/under-pressure
Calculator Pattern Pizzles
This lesson will allow young children to explore number patterns and relationships while introducing the calculator at the same time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/calculator-pattern-pizzles
Meet my friend the calculator
This activity/lesson introduces the students to calculators and how to use them to find numbers 1 - 20.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/meet-my-friend-the-calculator