Run Me a Hypothesis Test
This activity is designed to give students' practice in determining which type of test to run given certain background information. Additionally, it provides practice towards understanding the meaning of rejecting or failing to reject a null hypothesis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/run-me-a-hypothesis-test
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Contenders" - Choosing Contenders
...the skill levels and past performances of each fighter. They find that one fighter has had an easy path to the championship because this fighter is always up against opponents who are weaker than he is. Students use two 'rankings' to determine a rating for each team in the NFC of the NFL in the ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--contenders--choosing-contenders
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "The Running Man" - The Eyes Have It
The FBI is investigating a robbery at the research facility of a large company. The FBI believes that the robbers were employees of the company, because they were able to bypass the iris recognition security scan and gain entrance. However, a security camera was able to capture a partial image of...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--the-running-man--the-eyes-have-it
Testing Goodness-of-Fit and Two-Way Table Chi-Square
Students perform chi-square tests to see if data follows a hypothesized distribution. They also study the two-way table analysis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/testing-goodnessoffit-and-twoway-table-chisquare
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Mind Games" - Walkabout
In "Mind Games," Charlie uses the Fokker-Planck equation to predict the movement of illegal immigrants. The equation is used to predict the likely movement of something under the influence of external forces. It was originally developed to study Brownian motion, the apparently random movement of ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--mind-games--walkabout
What am I?
In this lesson, students will get a quick review or refresher on topics such as points, lines, planes, rays and line segments. This is a great warm-up or wrap-up.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-am-i
Using Vases to Help Understand What Graphs Mean
Students will predict what the graph will look like for different vases as they are filled with water. Then students will use the vases of different shapes and fill them with a set amount of water before each measurement. Students then measure the height of the water in the vase (their y-interc...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-vases-to-help-understand-what-graphs-mean
Got the sum of remote interior angles equal to the measure of the exterior angle? with Cabri Jr.
Draw a triangle with exterior angle. Measure the exterior angle and each remote interior angle. Use the Alpha hand to check that the sum of the remote interior angles is always equal to the exterior angle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/got-the-sum-of-remote-interior-angles-equal-to-the-measure-of-the-exterior-angle---with-cabri-jr
House
Students use the Cabri Geometry™ II Plus software to invert, rotate and dilate a figure.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/house
Quadratic Formula
Students make connections between the visual ways to find zeros of a parabola and algebraic ways with an emphasis on the quadratic formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-formula
Constructing Triangles
This activity focuses on the various ways to construct the different types of triangles such as isosceles, equilateral, right, and right isosceles triangles. Students will begin by constructing triangles based on a minimal definition of the shape of the triangle. They will then make constructions...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constructing-triangles
Sequence Patterns
Sonya Kovalevsky(1850-1891)was fascinated by infinite sequences. Fill in the spaces to continue the sequences in the attached document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sequence-patterns
Watching Your Weight - TI-83
In this activity, students examine how moving a weight up along a board affects the downward force on the board. They explore how children with different weights can be balanced on a seesaw.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watching-your-weight--ti83
REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity: Archeologist Frieze Patterns
Archeologists, when classifying artifacts, often take note of the physical properties or attributes of artifacts, such as the materials from which the artifacts are made, and their size, shape, function, and decoration. Friezes are often seen as ornaments in architecture. Frieze patterns can be f...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/real-life-real-world-activity-archeologist-frieze-patterns
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
This lesson was designed for our Grandparents and Special Friends day. It can be used for any visitation day, or an open house. The lesson is designed to review percent of a whole and the sector of the circle representing the percentage. Although circle graphs can be created in a spreadsheet prog...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/grandparents-and-special-friends-day
Linear Equations for Which the Sum of the Coordinates is Constant
This activity allows students to explore situations in which points with a constant sum of x-coordinate and y-coordinate are graphed. Through the use of TI-Navigator to see the results of the entire class, students can determine that an oblique line is formed from such points. This oblique line...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-for-which-the-sum-of-the-coordinates-is-constant
Inverses of Functions
Students explore three ways to find the inverse of a function. First, students graph two scatter plots and find the line of reflection. Then, they will graph a line and use the x- and y-intercepts to create the graph of the inverse.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverses-of-functions_1
Linear Force: May the Force be With Us
Using the TI-Navigator, students will send linear equations with STAR WARS movie pictures in the background. Focus on slope and y-intercept with linear lightsabers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-force-may-the-force-be-with-us
Intersection
In this activity, students will investigate modeling the motion of two people to find where they will meet and at what rate each was walking.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/intersection
Curve Fitting for a Parabola
This is a TI-Navigator™ Activity Center file that is use as a class warm up or for checking understanding. Student are to contribute an equation of a parabola that will pass through the most number of sunflowers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/curve-fitting-for-a-parabola
Exploring the Parabola and its Equation Part 1 and @
Starting with y=x^2 going all the way to (in part 2)y=ax^2+bx+c, how do changes in the quadratic equation/function change the appearance of the parabola.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-parabola-and-its-equation-part-1-and
Fill up the tank!
Demonstrate the concept of slope and y-intercept in the slope-intercept form of linear equation using water and marbles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/fill-up-the-tank
Walk My Walk
A two-part activity that uses a CBR to develop the notion of slope and y-intercept through various walking activities. Part A develops a general notion of how changes in walking are reflected in various graphical representations. Part B formalizes the ideas of (1) slope and its relationship to sp...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/walk-my-walk
Linear Equations for Which the Difference between the Coordinates is Constant
This activity allows students to explore situations in which points with a constant difference between coordinates are graphed. With TI-Navigator?s display, students can determine that an oblique line is formed from such points. This oblique line always has intercepts equal to the constant diff...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-for-which-the-difference-between-the-coordinates-is-constant
Linear Equations for Which the Quotient of the Coordinates is Constant
This activity allows students to explore situations in which points with a constant quotient of coordinates are graphed. With TI-Navigator?s display, students can determine that an oblique line is formed from such points. This oblique line always passes through the origin with a slope equal to ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-for-which-the-quotient-of-the-coordinates-is-constant