Focusing on Light
In this activity, students explore the reflection of light by parabolic and semicircular mirrors. They begin by exploring reflection using a series of flat mirrors that are attached to one another to create a flexible mirror that can simulate a curved mirror. Students then explore reflection by a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/focusing-on-light
Thermodynamics Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Thermodynmaics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/thermodynamics-assessment
Damped and Driven Harmonic Motion
Students explore the properties of waveforms representing damped and driven simple harmonic motion. First, they identify the functional form of the damping in a simple harmonic oscillator. Then, they discover the relationship between the driving frequency, the fundamental frequency, and the dampi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/damped-and-driven-harmonic-motion
Electricity and Magnetism Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Electricity and Magnetismhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electricity-and-magnetism-assessment
Electromagnetism
Students use an animated diagram of a magnetic field and a coil. Students rotate the coil and determine the number of magnetic field lines passing through the coil at a given angle. Students graph the relationship and then consider the rate of change of the magnetic field.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electromagnetism
Electromagnets
In this activity, students will create a solenoid-type electromagnet using two different methods of coiling the wire around the core. They will use a sensor to determine the relationship between the number of turns of wire and the magnetic field strength for each method.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electromagnets
Energy of Free Oscillations
Students explore energy transformation and energy conservation in simulated spring-mass oscillations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energy-of-free-oscillations
Entropy
In this activity, students will investigate entropy from the point of view of microstates, macrostates, and probability. The goal of the activity is to help students better understand the relationship between probability and entropy. Students will learn that, in the case of the second law of ther...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/entropy
First Law of Thermodynamics
In this activity, students explore the first law of thermodynamics and apply it to various thermodynamics processes in order to calculate heat, work, and changes in internal energy of a very simple system: an ideal gas enclosed in a container fitted with a movable piston.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/first-law-of-thermodynamics
Ingenuity Takes Flight
Students learn about and explore physics concepts and calculations regarding Ingenuity, NASA's tiny helicopter.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ingenuity-takes-flight
OSE: Why is M'Kenna Losing So Much Weight?
This simulation explores how mass changes when duck fat and vegetable oil are burned.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ose_unit-7#3_lesson-10
Tool - Stopwatch
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--stopwatch
Properties of Matter Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physical Science: Properties of Matter.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-matter-assess_mg
Vernier - Sound Waves and Beats
In this lesson, students will observe beats between the sounds of two tuning forks or two keys on an electric keyboard.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--sound-waves-and-beats
Vernier - Reflection and Absorption of Light
In this lesson, students will use a Light Meter and a Temperature Probe to measure reflected light and energy absorbed by light.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--reflection-and-absorption-of-light
Vernier - Lemon Juice
In this lesson, students will study some basic principles of cells using the juice of a lemon as the cell solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--lemon-juice
Vernier - Exploring Magnetism
In this lesson, students will investigate the relationship between the orientation of the sensor and the strength of the magnetic field.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--exploring-magnetism
Tool - Unit Conversion
In this lesson, students are introducted to the basics of how to effectively use this tool. This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--unit-conversion
Terminal Velocity
In this lesson, students will define terminal velocity and analyze the relationship between mass and terminal velocity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/terminal-velocity
Energy Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physical Science: Energy.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energy-assess_mg
Sound and Light Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physical Science: Sound and Light.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sound-and-light-assess_mg
Electricity Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physical Science: Electricity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electricity-assess_mg
Forces and Motion Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physical Science: Forces and Motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forces-and-motion-assess_mg
Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: Drug Tests
In this activity, students will attempt to identify an unknown “drug” as they explore the differences between chemical and physical properties and between qualitative and quantitative observations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-ti@nspire-@-case-7-@-drug-tests
Limaçons: A Polar Investigation
This activity allows students to investigate the properties of limaçons in the polar forms of both r =a +b*sin(θ) and r =a+b*cos(θ). Using a slider, values of a and b change as students investigate looped or flattened limaçons, as well as, cardioids. Students examine symmetry and the effect...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/limaçons-a-polar-investigation