Dilations
This activity is designed to allow students to create an interactive document that allows them to alter the specifications of a dilation and visually and numerically see its effects.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dilations
Implicit Differentiation
Students find the derivative of a relation, F(x,y), that is not solved for y.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/implicit-differentiation_4
Discovering the Circumcenter and Centroid of a Triangle
The students will find the circumcenter by constructing perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. They will also find the centroid by constructing the medians of a triangle and discover that the centroid is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex along each median.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-the-circumcenter-and-centroid-of-a-triangle
Exploring Circle Equations
Students explore the equation of a circle. They will make the connection with the coordinates of the center of the circle and length of the radius to the corresponding parts of the equation. Then, students apply what they have learned to find the equation of the circles in several circular designs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-circle-equations_1
Limits
Students will investigate finding the value of limits using graphical and numerical methods. Students will also learn that a limit can exist at points where there is a hole or removable discontinuity. The concept of left and right-sided limits will also be explored as well as some situations in w...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/limits
Volume- IB
Students define right and oblique three dimensional figures and calculate the volume for prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/volume_1
Calculator City
Students help Calculator City determine where to place the statue of Mr. Tex Instruments by finding the circumcenter and incenter of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/calculator-city
Circle Geometry: Property of the Segments of Two Chords Intersecting within a Circle
Students will be able to discover the property of two chords segments intersecting within a circle. They will discover the rule about the segments geometrically, numerically, and graphically. Lesson will touch on line of best fit to explore the relationship between the segments of the two chords.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circle-geometry-property-of-the-segments-of-two-chords-intersecting-within-a-circle
First Derivative Test
Visualize the connections between the first derivative of a function, critical points, and local extrema.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/first-derivative-test
Classifying Quadrialterals
In this activity, students will classify quadrilaterals graphed on the Cartesian coordinate plane. Students will justify their classifications with segment and angle measurements as well as slope measurements. A review of the hierarchy of quadrilaterals is at the beginning of the document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/classifying-quadrialterals
Applications of Similar Figures
Students will identify corresponding parts of figures and use the definition of similar figures to solve real-world applications involving rectangles and triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/applications-of-similar-figures
Angles in Polygons
In this activity, students measure interior angles in convex polygons and find the sum of the angle measures. They make and test a conjecture about the sum of the angle measures in an n-sided polygon. Finally, they measure exterior angles in convex polygons, find their sum, and write a proof for ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-in-polygons_1
Area Formula Investigations
It's easy to just plug in the numbers without thinking, right? Even better, just use the calculator to find the area for you! Well, not today! Students will construct altitude and calculate the area of 5 geometric shapes using the measurement tools.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-formula-investigations
Lines with Transversals and Angle Pairs
Students will use the TI-Nspire file and record their answers on the Word worksheet. The TI-Nspire file has been created to allow students to explore and measure the relationships of angle pairs with and without parallel lines.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lines-with-transversals-and-angle-pairs
Angle Relationships
In this activity, students explore the angle relationships that exist when two lines intersect. They begin by exploring vertical angles and linear pairs, and then expand their study to two lines and a transversal. They will see what relationships hold true when the two lines intersected by a tran...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angle-relationships
Triangle Sides & Angles
Students will explore side and angle relationships in a triangle. First, students will discover where the longest (and shortest) side is located relative to the largest (and smallest) angle. Then, students will explore the Isosceles Triangle Theorem and its converse. Finally, students will determ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-sides--angles
Pythagorean Triples
Explore Pythagorean triples by dragging vertices to find whole number Pythagorean triples.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pythagorean-triples
The Pythagorean Theorem—and More
Students construct a triangle and find all angle and side measures. They practice dragging the vertices to form certain types of triangles, and then they confirm the Pythagorean Theorem for right triangles. Moreover, they discover the types of triangle that occur when c2 a2 + b2 or when c2 > a2 +...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-pythagorean-theoremand-more
Ratios of Similar Figures
Students explore the ratio of perimeter, area, surface area, and volume of similar figures in two and three dimensional figures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ratios-of-similar-figures_1
Supertall Skyscrapers
In this activity, students use their handhelds to measure scale drawings of famous “supertall” skyscrapers. They first check that the Sears Tower is drawn to scale and then use their measurements to calculate that scale. Next, they write and solve proportions to find the heights of other skyscrap...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/supertall-skyscrapers
Lines of Fit
This lesson involves informally fitting a straight line for a given data set that represents mean verbal and mathematics scores on SAT in 2004 across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lines-of-fit
The Impossible Task
Students are given a manufacturing situation and asked to write and graph inequalities to represent it and find the solutions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-impossible-task_1
Geometry: Exploring Quadrilaterals
Drag the verices of a quadrilateral and build the different types; focus on the properties of these different figures, and finally put it all together to identify different quadrilaterals from their properties.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/geometry-exploring-quadrilaterals
Glide Reflections
Explore using a translated figure to create a glide reflection.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/glide-reflections
Quadratic Unit Activity #1: Graphing a Parabola
This is the first activity in a series on vertex form of a quadratic for algebra I. This introduces the 'squaring' function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-1-graphing-a-parabola