Focusing on Light
In this activity, students explore the reflection of light by parabolic and semicircular mirrors. They begin by exploring reflection using a series of flat mirrors that are attached to one another to create a flexible mirror that can simulate a curved mirror. Students then explore reflection by a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/focusing-on-light
Thermodynamics Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Thermodynmaics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/thermodynamics-assessment
Damped and Driven Harmonic Motion
Students explore the properties of waveforms representing damped and driven simple harmonic motion. First, they identify the functional form of the damping in a simple harmonic oscillator. Then, they discover the relationship between the driving frequency, the fundamental frequency, and the dampi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/damped-and-driven-harmonic-motion
Electricity and Magnetism Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Electricity and Magnetismhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electricity-and-magnetism-assessment
Energy of Free Oscillations
Students explore energy transformation and energy conservation in simulated spring-mass oscillations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energy-of-free-oscillations
Photosynthesis Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Biology: Photosynthesis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/photosynthesis-assessment
Mendelian Genetics Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Biology: Genetics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mendelian-genetics-assessment
The Fibonacci Sequence
One of the simplest and beautiful mathematical sequences. The simplicity: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 ... is such that each term is the sum of the previous two terms. Examples of the sequence can be found in nature, architecture and number theory. In this investigation, students explore some of the patterns...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-fibonacci-sequence
Skills of Science - Creating and Analyzing Linear Graphs
In this lesson, students use TI-Nspire technology to understand the fundamentals of good graphing in the science classroom and laboratory.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skills-of-science--creating-and-analyzing-linear-graphs
Vernier - Lemon Juice
In this lesson, students will study some basic principles of cells using the juice of a lemon as the cell solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--lemon-juice
Terminal Velocity
In this lesson, students will define terminal velocity and analyze the relationship between mass and terminal velocity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/terminal-velocity
Ecology Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Biology: Ecology.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ecology-assessment
Cellular Division Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Biology: Genetics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cellular-division-assessment
Data Collection | TI-Nspire CX Technology | Texas Instruments
...um Teacher Software ✓ ✓ TI-Nspire CX Student Software ✓ ✓ TI-Nspire CX CAS Student Software ✓ ✓ ----> Vernier DataQuest® App Compatibility GoDirect, LabQuest and DataQuest are registered trademarks of Vernier Science Education™. Next » *While s...https://education.ti.com/en/products/data-collection/ti-nspire
Keep It Bottled Up: Linear Rates of Pressure Increase
In this activity, you will see how temperature affects the rate at which an effervescent antacid tablet reacts with water and releases a gas. The rate at which the reaction occurs is measured by the rate of gas production.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/keep-it-bottled-up-linear-rates-of-pressure-increase
Cipher Solvers
In this code breaking activity, students are challenged to identify patterns, unravel clues, and triangulate a point on a treasure map.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cipher-solvers
Friction and Inclined Planes
Students explore the relationship between mass, coefficient of friction, and motion down an inclined plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/friction-and-inclined-planes
Plan To Attend 2023 Virtual T3IC | Texas Instruments
...ways to ensure students can see themselves in the math and science that we teach. We’re excited to hear the insights he has to share with our teacher community. “I learned several new ways to improve my teaching, in addition to methods of increasing student engagement.” — Liz Belcher, 2022 Vi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/plan-to-attend-2023-virtual-t3ic
Get Energized With the T3™ Professional Learning | Texas Instruments
...nters were excellent.” — Stephanie Smith, T³™ Webinar attendee 2023 Virtual T³IC While it’s technically not happening this summer, we recommend you also save the date for the 35th annual T³IC taking place on Sept. 30. Registration is free in honor of the 35th anniversary of this con...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/professional_learning
Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...hot summer reading! “Rise of the Rocket Girls” by Nathalia Holt Start off with a bang with this true story about the women “human computers” at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1940s and ’50s. Follow the story of how this elite group of young women transformed rocket de...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
...ible about their retirement savings. Meet Harold Peters. He started investing in the late 1950s and early ’60s, but at that time there were large commissions and fees … sometimes as much as 8% per trade! So, he started to study retirement systems and over many years he recognized that fees ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program
6 Resources to Jump-Start the School Year | Texas Instruments
...ased product tutorials. TI offers on-demand learning that’s great for teachers and students alike. These video tutorials can be found at education.ti.com/tutorials in a step-by-step, easy-to-follow format! Be sure to check out the brand new Quick Tutorials for the TI-84 Plus CE calculator. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/tiresources
3 Math Activities for Back to School | Texas Instruments
...te their knowledge of domain and range with creative visualizations. Choose from two designs, a happy clam or skittering crab, with three levels of complexity so you can pick what’s best for your class. Students can define the math to draw the complete image, find the missing pieces of math to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/three-back-to-school-math-activities
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...front of the first term, Joey had no idea what he would do. The “trick” he was using was only valid for solving quadratic equations with a lead coefficient of 1. He wasn’t even sure why his method worked. By taking the time to dig into the student’s correct answers, I was able to uncover Joey’s m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
...tom-table-wrapper .right-block p{border-top:solid #555 2px}.custom-table-wrapper p{margin-bottom:0}.wb .wb-header a{height:auto}} As the most recommended graphing calculator brand by teachers, Texas Instruments (TI) has a long history of helping students succeed in math and science. When co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator