Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
...e of Vernier’s popular line of wireless sensors. Connect Go Direct sensors to TI graphing calculators for fast data collection. Why collect data with TI graphing calculators in the first place? One reason is their ruggedness and lightweight portability. Science students are f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...gh School, Crystal Lake, Illinois Objective: Students were given a drawing of half of an animal face (example: elephant and wolf), and they had to physically measure the lengths and interior angles of that half-drawn face. They then had to code that to scale on the Rover to recreate the drawing...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
...he expression 6/2X is evaluated differently on these two models. On the bright side, if you enter 6/2*(2+1), all calculator models return 9. Why was the TI-82 designed this way? In the days of the TI-82 and first-generation models (TI-81 and TI-85 graphing calculators), the math world w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
5 Study Tips from a Student #StudyGrammer | Texas Instruments
...ssure of school, it’s still very important for students to keep up with their studies. But even more important is remembering what you study. That’s why Sophia often refers back to something she learned from her research: the curve of forgetting. Essentially, the curve of forgetting is a memo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-study-tips-from-a-student-studygrammer
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
Every teacher knows that having a classroom management plan is essential to running an effective and efficient classroom. There are just so many different strategies teachers can do — where do you start? That’s why we asked our teacher community to share their tips for managing a classroom. H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
... many children, Shahollari thought of becoming a doctor when she grew up. She wanted to make her parents proud and work toward a goal that seemed worthy of the sacrifice they had made. However, the more classes she took through high school and college, she thought that maybe being a doctor wasn’t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
... 360/n for the turning angle since the sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is 360 degrees. Notice this code multiplies the value r with 360/n — why does it do this? But what about a star polygon? How can we make more or fewer points? r is the number of revolutions made to complete a s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
... no idea what he would do. The “trick” he was using was only valid for solving quadratic equations with a lead coefficient of 1. He wasn’t even sure why his method worked. By taking the time to dig into the student’s correct answers, I was able to uncover Joey’s misconception before we continued ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
... a look at the upcoming schedule for science exams in 2023: Monday, May 1 — Chemistry Tuesday, May 2 — Environmental Science Tuesday, May 9 — Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Wednesday, May 10 — Biology Thursday, May 11 — Physics 1 (algebra based) Frid...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...the Jones Falls Watershed from getting into the harbor and, therefore, the Chesapeake Bay. He is one of four trash wheels in the area run by the Healthy Harbor initiatives of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore. I knew I could take this charismatic and innovative machine and use it to enga...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Fan’s Favorite Features on TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
Math fans everywhere love the TI-84 family of graphing calculators! In fact, Texas Instruments is the number one graphing calculator recommended by math teachers. But why is that? We asked our teacher community on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to share their favorite features of the TI-84 Pl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/five-fan-favorite-features-ti84plus
Computer Science | Cybersecurity Activities | Texas Instruments
...? The micro:bit is a multifunctional microcontroller board that creates a fun, interactive learning environment for students to learn the basics of physical computing. These free cybersecurity activities are ordered in a series of learning sequences, so students can gradually bu...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science/cybersecurity
Match Me!
In this activity, students move in a specific way in front of the motion detector to create motion plots that match a given Distance versus Time plot. They make connections between types of movements and characteristics of Distance-Time graphs. They learn to change the shape of the plot by adjust...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/match-me
Forensics Case 11 - Ashes to Ashes: Using evaporation rate to identify an unknown liquid
In this activity, students understand that evaporation rate is a characteristic property of a liquid. Based on this fact, they identify the solution and the likely accelerant in a case of arson. They compare the evaporation rates of the accelerants found with the suspects with those near the crim...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-11--ashes-to-ashes-using-evaporation-rate-to-identify-an-unknown-liquid
Physics Made Easy - Trial Edition
In Physics Made Easy - Trial Edition, students will use TI-Nspire™ technology to explore common physics problems utilizing step-by-step processes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/physics-made-easy-@-trial-edition
Solution 21313: Error Memory Full or Insufficient Memory When Trying to Send a StudyCards Stack to the TI-SmartView™ Software, TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
... Home | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Why am I receiving an error "Memory Full" or "Insufficient Memory" message when trying to send a StudyCards stack even though I have enough free FLA...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/21313
Solution 14860: TI TestGuard™ 2.0 App May Not Set the Degree Angle Mode Setting on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
... Home | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Why doesn't the TI TestGuard 2.0 app put my student's TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators into the degree angle mode setting? ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/14860
Solution 12192: Graph of Certain Functions in Polar Mode Displays Negative Values on TI Graphing Calculators.
... Home | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search In polar mode, why does the graph of certain functions display negative values? When graphing certain functions in polar coordinates, r can indeed be negative. For...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/12192
Solution 11793: Unable to Graph Multiple Functions on the TI-83 Plus Family and TI-84 Plus Family Graphing Calculators.
... Home | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Why am I unable to graph multiple functions on the TI-83 Plus Family and TI-84 Plus Family graphing calculator? In order to select additional graphs...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/11793
NASA - Robonaut 2: First Humanoid Robot in Space
NASA uses robots in many ways to help with space exploration. When it’s possible for robots to perform tasks, rather than people, there are some obvious advantages. Robots do not have to eat, drink, breathe, or sleep. They can perform tasks over and over in exactly the same way without gett...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--robonaut-2-first-humanoid-robot-in-space
Hypothesis Testing: Means
Students test a claim about a mean with a large sample size using the test statistic and the critical value. They also find the area under the curve to find the p value. Then, students will see how the result would change if they used a one-percent significance level or smaller sample size. An op...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hypothesis-testing-means_1
Why t?
This lesson involves examining the variability of individual elements and their related standardized test statistics when those elements are drawn randomly from a given normally-distributed population.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-t
Why np Min?
This lesson involves examining the general shape of binomial distributions for a variety of values of n and p.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-np-min
Why Divide by n-1?
Students will investigate calculating a sample variance using both n and n-1 as the divisor for samples drawn with and without replacement.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-divide-by-n1
Watch Your P' and Q's
Students use the Rational Zero Theorem to find all rational zeros of a polynomial.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watch-your-p-and-qs