Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...because of their energy and curiosity, and they inspire me to bring my best game to teaching every day.” As part of their prize, the boys received a TI-Innovator™ Rover, a TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator and a trip to Dallas with a family member to attend the Teachers Teaching with Technology™...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
... inside look at the math and science real-life epidemiologists use to track and curb the spread of diseases through a population. Dress up your TI-84 Plus CE or the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator Gather some orange and black filament and 3D-print a spooky spare case for your TI-8...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...er learned in front of his principal, family, students and fellow teachers that has was among the winners of the contest and will receive a brand new TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator, along with a trip to Boston to visit MIT. “It’s all been kind of a blur. One minute I was making copies f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
If you’re a math teacher, you’re familiar with students anxiously asking to use their calculators. For them, it may feel like a secret weapon that will help them be more successful in math class. Throughout elementary school, kids trudge through adding fractions, multiplying five-digit numbers ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
How often do you hear students say things like, “I’m not good at math,” or “I don’t like math,” or “Why do I have to learn this?” In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Month, we visited Plano East Senior High School outside of Dallas to ask students how they really feel about their math teac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Any day is a better day with a little π (pi). Let’s celebrate Pi Day with some fun, meaningful activities that show students how the mathematical constant shows up in real life. 1: Happy Pi Day Activity Worksheets Choose from two quick-start activities; Ready-made Pi or Homemade Pi. In thes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...e STEM Squad made its first stop in Charleston, SC, this week, where students across seven schools got to learn basic programming by working with the TI-Innovator Hub and the TI-Innovator Rover. Many of the kids were having so much fun, they didn’t even realize they were learning important math a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...s “statistically significant” practically relevant? In this session we will collected and analyzed data to explore the concept of meaningful results. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Making Math Relevant Through Modeling Modeling mathematics through applied problems that student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
Do you have what it takes to go head-to-head with former pro-football player turned professional mathematician, John Urschel? Now is your chance to flex your mental muscles and find out. Each problem tackles a subject from chess to cryptography -- things students are naturally interested in – an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math
TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Read the Story TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math Texas Instruments Albuquerque schools using high-tec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/october/ti-tech-in-use
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
On Wednesday, September 19, Texas Instruments Education (@TICalculators) is hosting a Women in STEM Twitter Chat! Our goal is connect you to the awesome #WomenInSTEM community, both as a source of inspiration and a well of resources. Our panelists are female engineers, scientists, and mathematic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
The Heartbeat of STEM
...coding by using the easily accessible menu-based system within TI calculators. These activities are available using multiple platforms and languages: TI-Basic (TI-Nspire™ CX, TI-Nspire™ CX II or TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculators) and Python (TI-Nspire™ CX II and TI-84 Plus CE Python edition grap...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
...sition and time using hands-on data collection. Learn some surprising things about teaching rate of change from algebra through calculus. Technology: TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator Link to presentation Teachers at the 'Converting Students’ Curiosity and Creativity Into Understanding' Session...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
At the end of a marking period, students’ grades indicate their progress and achievement in math class. It is also a great time to encourage reflection and feedback on what teaching and learning practices have played out in the classroom and what changes can be made so the class is more producti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
Instagram is quickly becoming one of the world’s most popular virtual teacher lounges. Not only is this social media site a hotbed of perfectly proportioned photos, but it also has great ideas, content and classroom inspiration for teachers. From funny facts about teachers’ daily routines to mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
Who knew math had moves?
Veteran math teacher turned first-year computer science teacher, Katie Brown, wasn’t quite sure what to expect when she learned Texas Instruments was bringing its’ new robotic car, the TI-Innovator Rover, to share with her pre-AP computer science class. But after one 50-minute class period, she ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...ersity and population size of the fish that live there. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (pdf). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire CX activity on our website. 2: 'It’s Just a Lunar Phase' from Earth Science Observing moon phases takes weeks and students can usually o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
... more Pi where that came from We also have many more pi day activities that use your TI graphing calculator. Here are two of my personal favorites: TI-Nspire CX Activity: Comparing Pi and Roots In this TI-Nspire CX activity, students explore how the Pythagorean (or, should it be “pi-thagorean”?...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...lopers in thinking about the environmental impact of garbage when creating new neighborhoods or businesses. In the “Garbage Problem” activity for the TI-84 graphing calculator, students realize how much garbage we create, which can lead to great discussions about finding reasonable solutions to a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
This week is Engineers Week, the perfect time for math and science teachers to hug-it-out and work together to get students excited about engineering. But how, you say? Well, what goes left to right and looks like a straight line? Linear relationships, of course! And, whether they know it or not...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...g and analytical skills as they apply linear relationships, Bernoulli's Principal and Newton's third law of motion. STEM on the Fly works on both the TI-Nspire CX and the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculators and shows students how a solid understanding of STEM subjects is vital for almost any caree...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...for equipment, so she gave us some ideas for fundraising,” said Kachur. “We ended up raising almost $1,000 in candy bar sales, so that we could get 5 TI-Innovator Hubs along with all of the accessories like breadboards, sensors and motors.” The club has taken off from there, raising additional ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...sition and time using hands-on data collection. Learn some surprising things about teaching rate of change from algebra through calculus. Technology: TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator Link to presentation Driving On Mars: A Coding Problem Have your students wondered how driverless cars work? Ha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Learning With Your Students
...ssroom. I have never taken a coding class, and the only experience I had with coding was sitting in a few professional development workshops with the TI-Innovator™ Hub at previous T3™ International Conferences. I was hooked with the Smart Water system. In this STEM project, students write a progr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...al, but instead opened the door to find cake, balloons and several of her students screaming, “Surprise!” Kimberly Karaman received a teacher pack of TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculators for her classroom. That is what her son, Connor, chose as her prize. “She does so much for us, to be able to fin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom