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
On-demand Webinars
...te Organization. Policies subject to change. Visit www.ibo.org. Daniel Wilkie IB® Math Curriculum Topic 3: Geometry and Trigonometry Why is NCTM’s “Catalyzing Change ...” an important document, and what does it mean for us as teachers? In this webinar, we will: Explore the me...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/webinars-and-tutorials/on-demand-webinars
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
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