7 Calculator Functions Your Students Need | Texas Instruments
...eels like you've finally made it to the big leagues! A new graphing calculator is exciting and a new tool to learn. So, what are the top 7 calculator functions Algebra 1 students should know? I am entering my 13th year of teaching, and I’ve taught Algebra 1 through Precalculus Honors. Believe i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/ti-84-algebra-1-seven-calc-functions
Skills of Science - Building and Interpreting Graphs
In this lesson, students use TI-Nspire technology to understand the fundamentals of good graphing in the science classroom and laboratory.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skills-of-science--building-and-interpreting-graphs
Up and Down: Vertical Oscillations
Students explore vertical oscillations produced by a mass attached to an elastic spring and collect data on the force of the spring as a function of time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/up-and-down-vertical-oscillations
Bending Light
In this activity, students explore the refraction of a single light ray. They begin by exploring light traveling from a less dense medium into a denser medium. They use a numerical approach to establish a relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction. Then, students expl...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/bending-light
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
NASA - Space Bugs
The goal of this laboratory is to investigate the mechanisms responsible for physiological changes of the immune system, so that appropriate countermeasures or interventions can be developed for future human space exploration missions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-bugs
Skills of Science - Creating and Analyzing Linear Graphs
In this lesson, students use TI-Nspire technology to understand the fundamentals of good graphing in the science classroom and laboratory.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skills-of-science--creating-and-analyzing-linear-graphs
Pendulum Swing – Part 1
Students use a motion detector (CBR) and pendulum (fishing float) to collect data for the motion of a pendulum. The quality of the data never ceases to amaze students and teachers. Students align practical knowledge, logic and familiarity with the various parameters to transform a basic trigono...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pendulum-swing--part-1
Match the Graph-84
Students walk in front of a calculator-based ranger CBR™ 2 and try to match a distance-time graph. They examine the rate of change, and analyze and interpret the graph of a function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/match-the-graph
NASA - Space Shuttle Ascent: Mass vs. Time
In this activity, students explore the ascent phase which begins at liftoff and ends when the space shuttle reaches Earth's orbit. The space shuttle must accelerate from zero to approximately 7,850 meters per second (which is approximately 17,500 miles per hour) in eight and a half minutes to re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-ascent-mass-vs--time
Exponential Reflections
In this activity, you will investigate the inverse of an exponential function. You will also investigate the symmetry of the exponential function and its inverse.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exponential-reflections_1
Change Of Base
Discover the change of base rule for logarithms by examining the ratio of two logarithmic functions with different bases.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/change-of-base
Change Of Base
In this activity, students discover the change of base rule for logarithms by examining the ratio of two logarithmic functions with different bases.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/change-of-base
Inflection Points
Students investigate points of inflection on a function and its first and second derivatives, and discover how they relate to each other.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inflection-points
Polygons - Diagonals
Students will investigate the number of diagonals in each polygon with three through ten sides, then develop a formula for the relationship between the number of sides and the number of diagonals of the polygons. Some prior familiarity with constructing segments and basic functions of the TI-Nsp...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polygons--diagonals
Extrema
Students will learn how to find and label extrema using first and second derivatives, be able to inspect a graph and determine which extrema the function has, and be able to use Trace, fMin, and fMax to verify the computed answers and find critical values for parametric functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/extrema
Are all Constructions Created Equal?
This activity is designed to give preservice teachers an introduction to the circle, compass and line tools in the Graphs & Geometry application of the TI-NSpire. The set of four investigations are designed to provide them with ideas on how to assess geometric constructions by identifying the dif...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/are-all-constructions-created-equal
A Sprinkler System Activity for the TI-Nspire TouchPad
This lesson involves the student in constructing and then creating their own designs using circles to indicate water spray from sprinklers set to full, half, and quarter circle patterns. The students learn to appreciate the ART of Math in the designs created with the Nspire TouchPad. The students...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-sprinkler-system-activity-for-the-tinspire-touchpad
The Pirate Problem
...he palm tree in the treasure map disappears? What begins with inductive reasoning ends with a formal proof. This lesson, easily adapted to middle school, utilizes knowledge of quadrilaterals, congruent triangles, reflection, and symmetry. This high school version requires a healthy dose of al...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-pirate-problem
Quadratic Unit Activity #2: What's the Equation? Quadratic Functions
This is the second activity for the Quadratic Unit. This activity allows students to use sliders to match various quadratic functions in vertex form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-2-whats-the-equation-quadratic-functions
Dinner Party
Students investigate the total cost of a private party at three restaurants and then model the cost of a party at each restaurant with the graph of a linear function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dinner-party_1
Printing Your Own Books - is it more cost effective?
In this activity, students will create functions based on real-life scenarios, fill out a table of values, and critically analyze characteristics of graphs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/printing-books
Inscribed Regular Polygons
Students will calculate the changing area and perimeter of inscribed polygons as the number of sides increase. The measurements will be recorded in a spreadsheet for analysis. Students will be learning to use the measurement tools and the Hide/Show function of the TI-Nspire. Students will be aske...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-regular-polygons
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/algebra-nomograph
Transformations of Functions 2
Investigate vertical stretches and reflections through the x-axis of a function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-of-functions-2