Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...between two passions: math and football. It explores the challenges of making difficult choices and the rewards of following one’s passions. It’s a winner! “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly. Now a major motion picture, this powerful book reveals the true story of the black female mathemat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...gested time of six hours, they realize that chemistry, again, helps them see the truth behind the product. My advice: Help your students make those connections to real-world, consumer applications. About The Author: About the Author: Ray Lesniewski, a National Board Certified educator, has taugh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... just became more portable If your students use the TI-84 Plus CE Python, Python is now in the palm of their hand, and they don’t need an internet connection and can literally code anywhere! Since the handheld isn’t connected to the internet, there goes the distraction of games, social media, em...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...mathematics to drive, make turns and complete a challenge. Best part: no coding experience needed! Technology: TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator; TI-Innovator™ Rover Link to presentation Teachers at the 'Driving On Mars: A Coding Problem' Session Calculator Activities to Help Students Prepare ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Learning With Your Students
...om. 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 program t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
Connor Johnson is the first person at Pope John Paul II High School in Lacey, Washington, to enter into precalculus as a freshman. Where does he get the confidence to pursue an advanced course at such a young age? From his mother, of course, who also happens to be his math teacher. Connor and hi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
Calculus is the study of rates of change and of lengths, areas and volumes. Often, students have a hard time grasping the concepts of calculus, and even more, making connections among them. Dynamic visualization is a good tool for helping students to visualize and interact with the mathematics. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...otion of the particles models the random interactions people could have while shopping at a crowded store. The Flattening the Curve simulation running. Social distancing, R0, and self-quarantine can be simulated by changing the way the particles interact. Since the “Flattening the Curve” s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...lators — numeric, algebraic, graphical, geometric, statistical — allow me to push my students to approach problems in more than one “right way.” By connecting these environments and making student thinking visible when we dig into a mathematical situation, we support students in productive strugg...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
Creative Assessments I teach at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee. A few years ago, our excellent junior English teacher, Ms. Goodman, started having the juniors do four-minute, TED-style talks instead of taking a final exam. Our awesome chemistry teacher, Ms. Dunlap, started a C...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...with and without lids, and blindfolds, but none of these methods give good, reasonable, quantifiable results. Eventually, I found a system from the Connected Chemistry Curriculum (found at connchem.org) that is interesting, robust with meaning, and foolproof. All we need is a few hundred pennies ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...arn to write a program to make snow fall on the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. 2) “Jingle Bells” Plug your TI graphing calculator into the TI-Innovator™ Hub and write code to play your favorite holiday tune. Or let your students play “Jingle Bells,” which we have already created for you. ;...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
BestofChemistry
...n Configurations activity. 5. Chemical Bonding: Intermolecular Forces So much of chemistry is invisible to students. We can sense the beginnings and results of chemical reactions, but we can’t see what happens at the atomic level. This activity attempts to help students understand int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...ountry have TI graphing calculators with coding capability. TI also developed the popular TI Codes program which includes 10 Minutes of Code with TI-Innovator™ Hub, a free online training resource for non-coders, where students and teachers develop coding skills using a TI graphing calculator. Re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...ces, as well as the student-led conversations about the collected data. By using the TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System, the students’ calculators are connected through a wireless adapter to the teacher’s computer. The TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System can project the students’ screens. Imagine having...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...sty physics in your classroom. The bottom line (or final score, in this case) … When the final whistle is blown, we all hope our team is the big winner. And just like when the bell rings at the end of class, we hope we have engaged and motivated our students, connected their learning to their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...cept” that they would later demonstrate to the class. Two of his students, juniors Justin Hickman and Brooklyn Martin, were eager to use the new TI-Innovator Rover, a robotic car that students program using a TI-Nspire CX graphing calculator. The high school received 10 Rovers last fall through ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...r” is much more impactful (pun unintended!) than “One train starts from Chicago.” The Math in Motion set of activities are designed to use the TI-Innovator™ Rover. Students can either write their own programs in the Math in Motion Plus activities to control Rover, or students can explore math ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...Python edition, I write a module the same way I write a program. The file is saved as you type. The module file may not do anything if you it, but running it can detect syntax errors in the code for you (but not runtime errors or programmer errors). FIREWRKS (the center screen) is the prog...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...nd can help you through the teaching process. You don't have to do it by yourself. You don't have to always reinvent the wheel, especially in the beginning, because it's going to take you about five or six years to become a decent teacher. What do you love most about teaching? I love that there ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...pixels (3.5" diagonal) Screen resolution: 125 DPI; 16-bit color Powered by the TI-Rechargeable Battery (included) USB port for computer connectivity 90 MB storage memory / 64MB operating memory 396 MHz processor speed Additional technical specifications are available onlin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
Calculus connoisseurs Tom Dick and Steve Kokoska are ready to call the Monday night action! For the 2021–22 school year, Texas Instruments (TI) has once again teamed up with former AP® Calculus Chief Reader Steve Kokoska and former Test Development committee member Tom Dick to provide l...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators
...bjects and standards. "The current educational landscape brings great opportunities and great challenges which require thoughtful leadership and planning." Peter McLaren, Executive Director of Next Gen Education “A project of this nature has never been done before – assembling disparate yet d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/a-first-of-its-kind-stem-strategy-charts-path-to-help-educators
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...or tool. Type in the rational expressions to be added as shown below. In the same way as using a non-CAS calculator to help enhance the connection between the numeric factors of individual denominators and the lowest common denominator, CAS confirms the same relationship is true for v...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
... Day, Texas Instruments (TI) engineer, Tracy Hamilton, has her hand up high to show she is committed to “choosing to challenge.” We choose our inner circle. We choose our lifestyle. We choose our beliefs. We choose our careers. I’d like to think I chose engineering, but in reality, engineer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday