Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...ow this elite group of young women transformed rocket design, shaped lunar missions, and ushered in a new era of space with their pencils, papers and quick-thinking mathematical minds. “If you liked ‘Hidden Figures,’ then you need to read this! You will gain a better understanding of history,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
... passed it on to the Education Technology division with employees who also understand the importance of financial literacy. An interesting and unique story unfolds of Retired Air Force Major Harold Peters, the 90-year-old author of that letter. After speaking with him, we realized that his pa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program
Inverse Functions on the TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...nal math topics. Introducing inverse functions Suppose your family takes a road trip to visit Toronto for a long weekend. Upon arrival, a quick glance at a weather map is initially terrifying. You quickly remember that Canada uses ° Celsisus for its temperatures and there is a functio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/investigating-inverse-functions-ti-84-plus-ce
Fall-Tastic Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
...challenge your students to: Determine the functions that form the full image. Practice transformations to complete the partial image. Develop unique designs with their own math. Piece the activities together to finish the image. Download free activities with three lev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/falltastic-ideas-enhance-classroom
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
...elevision, my heavy eyelids closed, and I learned personally how true this is. I find myself in a bustling saloon in the Wild West sipping liquid courage, when a troublemaker writes 6/2(2+1)=1 on a bar napkin and throws it down on the table like a gauntlet. I hear myself say, “Them’s fig...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
3 Math Activities for Back to School | Texas Instruments
... for your class. Students can define the math to draw the complete image, find the missing pieces of math to finish the partial image, or create a unique design using their own math skills. --> Piece these activities together to draw the image. Give students a fun way t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/three-back-to-school-math-activities
5 Study Tips from a Student #StudyGrammer | Texas Instruments
... way, according to the memory model, you’re more likely to remember the material. (And, ultimately, the hope here is students will do better on their quizzes and tests.) View this post on Instagram A post shared by ˗ˏˋsophia´ˎ˗ (@girlmeetsdesk) Study tip #3: Stay hap...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-study-tips-from-a-student-studygrammer
Expressions of Love for TI-Cares™ Support | Texas Instruments
...couldn’t love our teachers, administrators, students and parents more, and we are always flattered when they take the time to love us back! Below are quotes from customers who reached out to TI-Cares™ support or the TI Workshop Loan Program. These customers definitely know their way to our hearts...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/ti-cares-customer-support-love
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
...guage. Get creative! Exploring Python coding with TI Codes The TI Codes Python modules offer step-by-step instructions so users of any level can follow along and learn coding basics with TI technology. If you have an older TI-84 graphing calculator model that does not do Python, yo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...s. Preparing for the test We have been preparing all year for this exam. We have covered the content. We have practiced constructing free-response questions, analyzed data, made connections, explained phenomena and many other things to prepare you for this. In these final weeks leading up to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...oups and were actively engaged during the entire four days of building, designing and refining their projects. On the last day, a few groups were not quite ready to showcase their project. They had a little more tinkering to do and begged me to shorten their review for their final exam in favor o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...to create and do hands-on projects with his students. Learn through playing — build a slide whistle to examine linear equations Play … create … try something different! If you do that, you will sometimes stumble into/ onto something that you can use to engage your ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Exploring Circle Equations
Students explore the equation of a circle by connecting the coordinates of the center of the circle and the length of the radius to the corresponding parts of the equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-circle-equations
Running Circles Around Quads
Students explore various properties of cyclic quadrilaterals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/running-circles-around-quads_1
Properties of Parallelograms - 1
Students explore the various properties of parallelograms and the necessary and sufficient conditions that guarantee that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms_1
Slippery Slope
In this activity, students will create Distance versus Time plots and calculate the slopes of the plots. They explore the mathematical concept of slopes and understand how slopes can be used to interpret how one physical quantity changes with respect to another.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slippery-slope
Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to requests for relief from natural and other disasters
Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to requests for relief from natural and other disasters Good360, disaster Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to requests for relief from natural and other disasters global Solution 39176: Calculator donations in response to req...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/all-other-products/general-information/39176
Forensics Case 7 - Drug Tests: Identifying an unknown chemical
In this activity, students distinguish between physical and chemical properties. They also understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative observations. They use quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify an unknown powder.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-7--drug-tests-identifying-an-unknown-chemical
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
NASA - Weightless Wonder
In this activity, students explore quadratic functions through the real-world example of weightless flight and the gravitational pull of the earth on objects in orbit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--weightless-wonder
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
Forensics Case 3 - Name That Tune: Matching musical tones through waveform analysis
In this activity, students analyze sound waves to calculate the frequency or pitch of musical notes. They use a Microphone to detect the waveform of a musical note. Students calculate the frequency of a musical note from the period of its waveform and use this knowledge to identify the musical n...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-3--name-that-tune-matching-musical-tones-through-waveform-analysis
Balancing Chemical Equations Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Chemistry: Equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-chemical-equations-assessments
Measuring Angles in a Quadrilateral
Students determine the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measuring-angles-in-a-quadrilateral_1
Matrices Using CAS
This Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity encourages students to perform basic arithmetic operations on matrices, and solving a set of equations using CAS.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matrices-using-cas