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
Type 1 Diabetes: Managing a Critical Ratio
Students gain understanding of a critical ratio — how many units of insulin are needed after a meal or snack to balance the grams of carbohydrates in the food.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diabetes-@-type-1
Counting cells and crunching numbers
Students test each of two hypothetical drugs using different wavelengths to fluorescently label beta cells then count the ones that are replicating.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diabetes-research
Friction: Your Friend or Your Enemy?
In this lesson, students explore static and kinetic friction by dragging shoes with different types of soles across a table at a constant pace. Alternative procedure for the Vernier Go Direct® sensors with TI-Nspire CX II is included in the downloads.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/friction-your-friend-or-your-enemy
Friction and Inclined Planes
Students explore the relationship between mass, coefficient of friction, and motion down an inclined plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/friction-and-inclined-planes
Which Dog Is Roundest? | Texas Instruments
... a positive linear correlation. While it is tempting to run a linear regression at this point, we decided that did not make sense in this situation. Why look for a mathematical model when we know the model relating circumference to diameter? That is what makes this activity different from many ot...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/dog-day-which-dog-is-roundest
35 Years of T³™ Mentorship and Community | Texas Instruments
... Her principal approached her and said, “Hey — let’s get these [TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators and TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ Systems]. Oh, and why don’t we go to the conference [T³IC] too?” They took two math teachers, an assistant principal, and herself, Thibodeaux recalled. “[T³IC] wa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/35-years-t3-community-teacher-leader
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...s explore how the Pythagorean (or, should it be “pi-thagorean”?) Theorem and the circumference of a circle can be related. It’s as easy as pi! Why Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better Did you know that the tiny little biological cells that make you are tiny for a reason? Explore this biology ac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/happypiday
Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...signing Math Classrooms Where Students Want to Join In” by Ilana Seidel Horn Every teacher has faced the dreaded blank stare from students. Why didn’t your carefully planned lesson connect? When you feel, “I’ve tried everything,” author Seidel Horn is here to tell you that you are not al...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
Retirement isn’t something most people think about when they are young. It just seems so far away. But if you start investing early, the reward will be much larger. When TI’s President and CEO, Haviv Ilan, recently received a handwritten letter (yes, handwritten!) explaining why it i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program
Inverse Functions on the TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
... through important math topics and how to enrich those topics with TI technology. A particular topic that really struck me is “inverse functions.” Why? Students often struggle with making connections between the definition of and various properties of inverse functions. In addition, students gr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/investigating-inverse-functions-ti-84-plus-ce