Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
...auntlet. I hear myself say, “Them’s fightin’ words!” and, nerd that I am, pull my graphing calculator out of my belt loop, shouting, “Draw!” I realize my misfire and quickly correct myself, shouting, “Calculate!” Too late. The troublemaker has already unholstered their device, entered the not...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
5 Study Tips from a Student #StudyGrammer | Texas Instruments
...! But she had her sights set on college, so it was important to her that she do well in school and earn good grades. Sometimes, however, it’s easier said than done. “It’s very easy for you to get discouraged [in school] because you feel that if you don’t study hard enough you’ll lag behind.” ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-study-tips-from-a-student-studygrammer
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
... duties are assigned, it’s a neat idea that helps empower students and motivates them to interact and be more engaged. 4. Reward and incentivize Teachers agree that some type of reward system goes a long way for classroom management, too. Things like baked treats, pencils and erasers, k...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...ile her parents had stable jobs in that developing country, the lack of opportunities for their children was the deciding factor to move. Shahollari said it was a “a big sacrifice” for her father, especially due to his high standing in the Albanian military. “In the long run, he just did it for m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
...ler? Would you get more or fewer points? Next, change and customize your star display by playing with sizes, shapes and colors. This project is available in the Python modules section of TI Codes for the TI‑Nspire™ CX II and the TI‑84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. Go ahead, try thi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...ality academic feedback to them so they can provide it to their peers. According to John Hattie’s research, the most impactful feedback (.70 effect size) is shared between students. To achieve high-quality, student-to-student academic feedback, we must first set the stage in our classrooms. W...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
...d calculator apps is that they’re not a simple shortcut to quick, easy answers. Rather, our calculators are made to truly help students learn, visualize and understand math better. All the features of our products are designed with input from real math educators to help make sure they don’t do “t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...or the test We have been preparing all year for this exam. We have covered the content. We have practiced constructing free-response questions, analyzed data, made connections, explained phenomena and many other things to prepare you for this. In these final weeks leading up to the exam, try cr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...reat activity to try with your students: #1. Mr. Trash Wheel Project As a former classroom teacher, I found that using issues my students can visualize in their own communities really engages them and led me to create a project based around the problem of plastic pollution. I was inspired by ano...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Fan’s Favorite Features on TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...ion Graphing App makes for a powerful learning and exploration tool. It’s a big help for students because they’re able to make connections and visualize transformations more clearly. “[I love the] Transformation App … [it helps to] understand vertical shifts, horizontal shifts and dilations...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/five-fan-favorite-features-ti84plus
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...quire some “function” and that is where the math comes in. Let’s take a look at the details on this activity. Blog overview The activity is organized in five sections (sections 2–4 do not have to be done in that order): Activity objectives, materials and notes Coding the Ultrasonic Ranger ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Forensics Case 9 - Killer Cup of Coffee: Using colorimetry to determine concentration of a poison
In this activity, students will use colorimetry to determine the concentration of a colored species in a solution and use a linear relationship to model Beer's law. They use Beer's law to determine the concentration of iron(III)thiocyanate (FeSCN2+) in an unknown solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-9--killer-cup-of-coffee-using-colorimetry-to-determine-concentration-of-a-poison
Forensics Case 7 - Drug Tests: Identifying an unknown chemical
In this activity, students distinguish between physical and chemical properties. They also understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative observations. They use quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify an unknown powder.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-7--drug-tests-identifying-an-unknown-chemical
Forensics Case 8 - No Dumping: Using soil characteristics to link suspects to a crime scene
In this activity, students measure pH, conductivity, and water absorbency of different samples of soil. They use these characteristic properties to identify soil samples. They use the physical and chemical characteristics of soil samples collected from suspects to determine whether a suspect had ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-8--no-dumping-using-soil-characteristics-to-link-suspects-to-a-crime-scene
Forensics Case 5 - The Ink Is Still Wet: Using colorimetry to identify an unknown ink
In this activity, students identify the ink of a ransom note to match suspects. They identify an unknown ink by its light absorbance characteristics. The experiment set up used is to measure a solutions absorbance of different colors (wavelengths) of light.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-5--the-ink-is-still-wet-using-colorimetry-to-identify-an-unknown-ink
Secant Angle Investigation
This activity will allow students to discover the relationship between the secant angle and the corresponding central angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/secant-angle-investigation
Proving the Pythagorean Theorem - President Garfield's Proof
This is the same proof that is found on the TI-Exchange website for the 84 plus, but I modified it for the Nspire handhelds.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proving-the-pythagorean-theorem--president-garfields-proof
Proving Angles Congruent
In this activity students will be introduced to proofs, including 2-column proofs, paragraph proofs and flow-proofs. They will also look at different diagrams to decide what the diagram is telling them and what they can infere. They will also look at complementary, supplementary, adjacent and v...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proving-angles-congruent_1
Diameter and Circumference Relationship
A short activity that helps to demonstrate the relationship between diameter and circumference.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diameter-and-circumference-relationship
The Mailbox
In this lesson, students will visualize that areas of irregular shapes can be found by determining the sum of smaller, more familiar shapes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-mailbox-hs
Walk the Line
In this activity, students will be introduced to the CBR 2 motion sensor and the Vernier DataQuest™ app. They will collect and analyze both linear and non-linear data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/walk-the-line
"Add Them Up" for TI-Nspire
This activity (which is based on "Add Them Up" from EasyData Collection Activities) involves the use of TI-Nspire, Vernier Easy Link, and a Voltage sensor in order to have students graph a scatterplot and determine an equation of best fit based on collected data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/add-them-up-for-tinspire
Measuring Segments and Angles
Students will explore the Angle Addition Postulate and the Segment Addition Postulate.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measuring-segments-and-angles
Examining Patterens in a Table, Function Rule, and Graphs
In this activity, students will identify characteristics of proportional and non-proportional linear relationships by examining patterns in a table, function rules, and a graph. Students will distinguish between proportional and non-proportional relationships by comparing patterns in table, funct...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/examining-patterens-in-a-table-function-rule-and-graphs
Maximums, Minimums, and Zeroes
Determine when a function has a maximum or minimum based on the derivative of the function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maximums-minimums-and-zeroes