Celebrate Jack Kilby Day
...hen he shared his invention of the integrated circuit (IC). Jack's world-changing creation began with one small spark of curiosity. We believe his story can inspire students everywhere that it only takes one small spark to change the world. Use these resources to introduce your students to Jack K...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/september/celebrate-jack-kilby-day
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
In 1958, technology as we knew it changed forever. On Sept. 12, 1958, Jack Kilby, a TI engineer and innovator, invented the integrated circuit. This “building block” of modern electronics transformed the face of technology, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives. While we can’t know for sure...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Mission Imagination
...mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) and NASA. The national competition asked students from across the country to propose solutions to challenges astronauts would face on a journey to Mars. The questions were based on the challenges International Space St...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...er source from dissolved solids, salts or other pollutants. Water filtration systems can decrease the amount of pollutants and therefore would have very low conductivity. Distilled water is a good way to baseline your conductivity sensor since distilled water should be nearly free of electrolytes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
DIY TI Codes Contest
...o use coding and TI technology to build a model of the product. To help you out, here are some past TI Codes Contest themes: Everyday life Food Living and working in space Health, wellness or medicine Establish a timeline and logist...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
roboticsweek2021
Did you know that the best way to understand how something works is to take it apart and examine the insides? That’s why “teardown” videos are so popular — they show us what’s on the inside of everyday products without having to worry about reassembling them. In celebration of National Roboti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
It was a stressful school year to say the least! To help you and your students exhale, while learning (or teaching) a thing or two, we’ve partnered with two of our favorite math educators, Perry High School teachers Ashley Meinke and David Olszewski, to introduce you to math yoga. So, grab a yo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...still feel the magic in this result. Maybe there is a lesson here for teachers. Why not expose students to results that are full of intrigue and mystery before they have the mathematical background to understand the result? For some students, this will motivate them to want to learn more mathemat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
It’s been a year like no other — one many of us would like to forget! To try and help, we’ve been hard at work developing new video resources to save you time and energy in the classroom, whether you are teaching in person, remotely or in a blended environment. All of our videos are posted on ou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...t way to get buy-in, especially for our math-conscious students. With that initial smile at the door, you are already establishing that today, and every day, will be great in math class. 2. Clear and consistent routines As the saying goes, “what is essential for some is beneficial for all,” and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
David Olszewski, better known as Mr. O on the grounds of Perry High School in Canton, Ohio, has been teaching math for the past five years. Ask any of his students, or fellow teachers, and it’s clear he has quickly become a campus favorite. “Mr. O is a really fun teacher to have because he alway...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
... x-intercepts. The discriminant can be used to determine if there are two distinct real x-intercepts, one double real x-intercept, or two imaginary x-intercepts. By having your students code the Quadratic Project, they will use these three key math ideas as the foundation and will reinfor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
You can't spell Calculus without the letters C, A, and S, but a Computer Algebra System has unforeseen potential in any math class that requires algebraic thinking. (Try to find one that doesn't!) I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't sure I was a “CAS fan” when first introduced to it. I didn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...n directly back into the slide for your review. In this scenario, students open a Google Slides™ presentation to begin the work. Then, when necessary, they navigate to nspireconnect.ti.com and connect their TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator to their Chromebook™ notebook computer. Sounds eas...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
... falling even further behind. In this era of accountability, long-standing inequities are being exposed, and they demand our attention — now. Arbitrary circumstances into which kids are born — such as their race, ethnicity, ZIP code and socioeconomic status — should not be predictors of academic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...e™ CX graphing calculator helped me through it all. I was amazed by the capability of graphing/solving Fourier transforms and Bode Plots. Circuit Theory and Electronics were difficult courses, but when using the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator, multivariable equations were easier to solve by us...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...d lessons, download the sequel activity (available for TI-Nspire™ CX technology). Students will dive deeper into science concepts by exploring chemistry and life sciences principles and observing processes, such as titration, all while designing experiments, predicting outcomes and testing hypoth...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...ayna Nguyen Jonathan Ngoy Manvi Sinvhal Manu Gupta Gianna Renzo Suzanne Hanna, Adult advisor The team: The Germaphobes are a first in the history of the TI Codes Contest. Never before have we had a group of students, who have never met in person, collaborate in different states to brainsto...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
Cheltenham High School computer science teacher Sarah Putterman, and the school’s marching band, pulled a fast one on senior drumline members Nate Norward and Jeffery Gaskin before band practice on the football field. At the start of practice, the band director sent the boys back to the band r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...rk experience with my passion for Girl Scouts?” This is my Girl Scout troop, Dublin Troop 408, on a zip line adventure in Columbus, Ohio. Every other month we try and take a field trip together as a troop. I asked my manager if it would be possible for Educational Technology Consul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...that’s on a mission to get more kids interested and excited about STEM subjects. Since the summer of 2018, TI’s STEM Squad has been touring the country sharing activities that help make STEM concepts relevant to kids. With 10 stops to date, in cities from the east coast to the west coast, the ST...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...uts to get more girls actively engaged in STEM, and they created the STEM Center of Excellence in Dallas to provide girls with a safe environment to try new things (like robotics), take risks and learn from failure, all while building confidence and self-assurance. Our team members are a huge pa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...llustrated and explained in depth. For each parent function, the videos give specific examples of graphing the transformed function using every type of transformation, and several combinations of these transformations are also included. Below is an animated GIF of screenshots from the vi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
It’s Computer Science Education Week, an annual event for partners and educators to come together and encourage students to try computer science. In 2015, I was introduced to coding with students when I became part of an after-school organization with a team of teachers, students and professi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from North Carolina to New Mexico. She most recently worked for NBC 5 in Dallas as a crime reporter before hanging up the microphone for a TI-8...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath