NASA - Space Shuttle Launch
Student examine the ascent stage of a NASA space shuttle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-launch
Intersecting the Solutions
In this teacher-led activity, students will learn to solve systems of equations graphically. They will learn the relationship between the algebraic and graphical solutions and create equations that draw upon this connection.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/intersecting-the-solutions
MVT for Integrals
Demonstrate how the average value of a function over an interval is related to the definite integral.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mvt-for-integrals
Binomial Pdf- Eye Color
This lesson involves binomial trials, distributions, and probabilities. Students can create the tns file following the steps in Binomial_Pdf_Create_Eye_Color, or they can use the premade file Binomial_Pdf_Eye_Color.tnshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/binomial-pdf-eye-color
Rectangle and Trapezoid Approximations to Definite Integrals
Use visual representation of area estimation methods in order to determine which is most accurate.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trapezoid-and-midpoint-rules
Assessing Normality
In this activity, students will learn four characteristics of a normal curve: the distribution is symmetric and mound-shaped; the mean and median are approximately equal; the distribution meets the 68-95.5-99.7 rule; and the normal probability plot is linear. They will use these to determine if a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/assessing-normality
Difference in Means
This activity involves investigating whether a difference really seems to exist between two sample means.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/difference-in-means
Graphical Analysis
Students will analyze graphs of polynomials finding intervals over which the function is increasing or decreasing and positive or negative, as well as the function’s relative minimum and maximum values and x- and y-intercepts.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphical-analysis
The Area Between
Students will find the area between two curves while determining the required amount of concrete needed for a winding pathway and stepping stones.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-area-between_1
Slopes of Secant Lines
Collect data about the slope of a secant line and then predict the value of the slope of the tangent line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slopes-of-secant-lines
Influencing Regression
This lesson involves a least-squares regression line fit to a set of nine values.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/influencing-regression
Is it Rare?
Students use the Poisson distribution to determine the probabilities for various numbers of hurricanes hitting the United States in a given year. Students will also explore the graph of the Poisson distribution and how it behaves.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/is-it-rare_1
Slope Fields
Use a visual representation of the family of solutions to a differential equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slope-fields
Simple Harmonic Motion
With an example of the motion of a child on a swing, the activity begins with the trigonometric function between time and displacement and differentiates up to acceleration.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/simple-harmonic-motion_1
Second Derivative Grapher
Visualize the relationship between the graph of a function and the graph of its second derivative.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/second-derivative-grapher
Solids Of Revolution Between Two Curves
Students will investigate 3D visualizations of volumes created by rotating two functions about the x-or y-axis. They will understand the concept and reason for the volume formula in order to be prepared for generalizations. Students will solve the definite integral by hand using the fundamental t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solids-of-revolution-between-two-curves
Taylor Polynomials with CAS
Powerful tool for discussing graphs of Taylor polynomials.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/taylor-polynomials
It's To Be Expected
Students use a tree diagram to find theoretical probabilities and use this information in a spreadsheet to find the expected value.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-to-be-expected_1
Trend or Noise?
This lesson involves investigating aspects of statistical information reported in the media or other venues, aspects that are often misunderstood by those unfamiliar with sampling.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trend-or-noise
Tossing Dice
This lesson involves simulating tossing two fair dice, recording the sum of the faces, and creating a dotplot of the sums.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tossing-dice
Why np Min?
This lesson involves examining the general shape of binomial distributions for a variety of values of n and p.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-np-min
Why Divide by n-1?
Students will investigate calculating a sample variance using both n and n-1 as the divisor for samples drawn with and without replacement.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-divide-by-n1
Two-way Tables and Association
This lesson involves analyzing the results of a survey using a two-way frequency table.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/twoway-tables-and-association
Cardioid Patterns - Discover Using Graphs
This activity will give students an opportunity to discover a pattern in the graphs of cardioids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cardioid-patterns--discover-using-graphs
Cell Phone Range
Students will learn to identify the domain and range of various real-world step functions. They will graphically explore numerical data points and observe step functions. Open and closed points on a graph are investigated and discussed.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cell-phone-range_1