Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
Put a paint stick on the edge of a table with a little less than half the length hanging off the table‘s edge. Now, karate chop it. Did it break? Of course not. It just flew off the table, still intact. Now, do the same set up – this time laying a large piece of newspaper across the part of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
How can you get a hard-boiled egg inside of a milk bottle without pushing it? What you’ll need: Milk bottle or equivalent with an opening diameter of about 2.5” to 3” Small to medium hard-boiled egg Cooking oil Matches or a lighter 3” x 3” piece of paper What to do: Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators
In a first-ever undertaking of its kind, four of the nation’s key education leadership groups have partnered to define a strategy for improving and advancing STEM learning for all students. Over the past year, Advance CTE, the Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM), the Council o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/a-first-of-its-kind-stem-strategy-charts-path-to-help-educators
Art in Chemistry
For years we’ve heard that students have multiple intelligences and that we should do whatever possible to help them display their learning strengths using varied instructional strategies. While chemistry can be an abstract and quantitative science, there is much room for students to display the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/art-in-chemistry
Get Out and #SpreadMathLove
Whether you’re ready to dive into outdoor activities or just want to dip your toes in the water, geocaching is a great, safe way to spring into this post-quarantine summer. If you’re not familiar with geocaching, it’s essentially the world’s largest, constantly running treasure hunt. To play,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/geocaching
Summer of STEM: Disappearing Cups
How do you make a foam polystyrene cup disappear? Put it in an organic solvent such as acetone! Important note: Doing the project in a well ventilated space and using gloves are smart ways to avoid unnecessary exposure to acetone. Only use enough acetone to cause the cup to dissolve. Follow your...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/disappearing_cups
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
How many times have you heard someone say they’re not a “math person?” Probably more than you can count. Most of the time, it’s an adult saying this. It’s likely because their math education relied heavily on memorization to learn facts and procedures. Fortunately, that’s no longer true. Te...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
The Long Road to My STEM Career
I took the long way around in my career path. Literally. I was born in Hong Kong, about 7,500 miles from Iowa City. Growing up, I didn’t have much encouragement to follow a STEM career path. My first assignment in junior high trigonometry class was to memorize a three-by-three grid of the relati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
A case for handheld graphing calculators
I’ve been getting some questions recently about the usefulness of graphing calculators when we’re already surrounded by laptops, tablets and smartphones. There’s no arguing the transformative effect of this technology on our world. But in the classroom, these general-purpose devices have had mix...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Engineers who code
TIers who code: TI engineers share how they learned to code on their TI calculator Did you know in just 10 minutes, you can learn to code? Coding is more than just a computer language; it requires the same problem solving and curiosity needed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
STEM Challenge
Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. STEM Challenge Texas Instruments STEM Challenge website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/stem-challenge
Emily's conference experience
Emily Calandrelli explains why she loves the T³™ International Conference. Emily Calandrelli explains why she loves the T³™ International Conference. Emily's conference experience Texas Instruments Emily's conference experience website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/emily-callindrelli
Binomial Expansion
Binomial Expansion apcalculus website In this activity, students will review their binomial expansion skills through hands on multiplication combined with the handheld to check their work. *NEW/UPD...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-binomial-expansion
Success Story
Success Story global website TI Bulletin Board | Success Stories July 10, 2015 Inspired middle school students post 'amazing' results on Florida EOC assessments. GStW7WqXEC0 Success Stor...https://education.ti.com/en/success-story
Circles: Angles and Arcs
Circles: Angles and Arcs apcalculus website Students explore angles constructed in a circle and how their measures are related to the measures of the intercepted arcs. Circles: Angles and Arcs ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-circles-angles-arcs
IB Diploma Programme Resources | Texas Instruments
IB Diploma Programme Resources | Texas Instruments global website Resources for IB® Diploma Programme mathematics teachers Support student success for the new International Baccalaureate® (IB®) Diploma...https://education.ti.com/en/ib
It’s a Two-Way Street
It’s a Two-Way Street apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Probability and Statistics Activity Overview Students will be ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-two-way-street
Chi-Square Test
Chi-Square Test apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Probability and Statistics Activity Overview In this activity, stu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-chi-square-tests
Roll the Dice
Roll the Dice apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Probability and Statistics Activity Overview Students compute sample s...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-roll-the-dice
Best Class
Best Class apcalculus website Students will create and explore a box plot and histogram for a data set. They then compare the two data displays by viewing them together and use the comparison to draw...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-best-class
Volume
Volume IB website In this activity, students define right and oblique three dimensional figures and calculate the volume for prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones. Volume Math...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-volume
Exploring Geometric Sequences
Exploring Geometric Sequences apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Numbers and Algebra Activity Overview Students graphic...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-exploring-geometric-sequences
Law of Sines and Cosines
Law of Sines and Cosines apcalculus website Students explore the proofs of the Laws of Sine and Cosine, investigate various cases where they are utilized, and apply them to solve problems. Law of Si...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-law-of-sin-cos
Unit Circle
Unit Circle apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Geometry and Trigonometry Activity Overview Students discover the relati...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-unit-circle
3D Surface Area and Volume
3D Surface Area and Volume apcalculus website In this activity, students will be finding both the Surface Area and Volume of several 3D objects. 3D Surface Area and Volume Math...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-3d-surface-area-volume