Duckweed: Exponential Growth
Students will count the fronds of duckweed for nine days to observe the growth phase. Students will need one class period to start the experiment and one day for the final work and 15 minutes per day between start and finish.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/duckweed--exponential-growth
Application of Polynomials
Students use the volume formula to find cubic polynomials in order to determine the dimensions of four different-size boxes used for packaging trash bags.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-polynomials
Application of Function Composition
Determine the domain and range of two functions and the composite functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-function-composition
Why is the Sky Blue and When Will We Ever Use This?
Have you ever tried to come up with a real life example for a rational function with an exponent to the negative four? Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Here is a short example of the uses of a rational function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-is-the-sky-blue-and-when-will-we-ever-use-this
Exponential vs. Power
Compare rates of growth between an exponential function and a power function for positive x-values.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exponential-vs--power
When Is Tangent, tangent?
This activity combines the ideas of unit circle, and a line tangent to the unit circle to explain how Tangent (the trig. ratio) is related to the concept of tangent to a figure (from geometry). The intent is to briefly explore the mathematical history of the trigonometric ratio "tangent" through ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/when-is-tangent-tangent
Analyzing an Electricity Bill
This investigation guides the students through using a piecewise function to model an electric bill.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/analyzing-an-electricity-bill
Advanced Algebra Nomograph
This activity is similar to a function machine. The nomograph is comprised of two vertical number lines, input on the left and output on the right. The transformation of input to output is illustrated dynamically by an arrow that connects a domain entry to its range value. Students try to find th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/advanced-algebra-nomograph
Functions and Inverses
Grab and drag a point along graphs of different functions to determine the relationship of ordered pairs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/functions-and-inverses
Birthday Problem
Investigate the probability of two people having the same birthday in a crowd of a given size.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/birthday-problem
The Park Problem
The goal of this activity is for students to see a real world application of a minimization problem. Students have to determine where to place a track inside a park to minimize the total distance of the track in Lazy Town.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-park-problem
Families of Functions
Change sliders and observe the effects on the graphs of the functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/families-of-functions
The Painted Cube
This lesson involves having the students hypothesize about the different relationships that exist between the size of the cube and the number of cubes that have paint on one, two, three, and zero faces. In order to help students visualize the problem, interlocking cubes could be made available.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-painted-cube
Factoring Trinomials
Discover how the coefficients of a given trinomial affect the factors.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factoring-trinomials
Solving Systems with Row Operations 1
Use row operations to reduce an augmented matrix to its reduced row-echelon form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-with-row-operations-1
Complex Number Multiplication
This lesson involves the product of complex numbers, powers of i and complex conjugates.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/complex-number-multiplication
Drawing Dynamic Vectors with NSpire
This is a "how to" file for drawing vectors with a split screen with NSpire.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/drawing-dynamic-vectors-with-nspire
Radio Station KTNS
This lesson involves determining the distance one can hear a radio station as a function of the range of the station.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radio-station-ktns
Elliptic Variations
This lesson involves exploring the curves that result from varying the defining conditions of an ellipse.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/elliptic-variations
Complex Number Addition
This lesson involves the addition of two complex numbers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/complex-number-addition
Expanding Binomials
In this activity, students will explore the link between Pascal's Triangle and the expansion of binomials in the development of the Binomial Theorem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/expanding-binomials_1
Function or Not a Function
Examine some input-output relations to determine if a relation is a function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/function-or-not-a-function
Day at the Beach
In this lesson, students will explore temperature differences in two sets of sand, one dry and one wet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/day-at-the-beach
Vernier - Freezing and Melting of Water
In this lesson, students will collect and analyze data of freezing and melting water.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--freezing-and-melting-of-water