Angle Sum in Triangles Proof using Rotation and a Parallel Line
This investigation uses Cabri Jr. and a cleaver rotation of a triangle to "prove" that the angles in a triangle add up to 180. This could be used to reinforce triangles and paralled lines as well as introduce the concept of rotating an object.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angle-sum-in-triangles-proof-using-rotation-and-a-parallel-line
Angles Formed By Parallel Lines
Students will use Cabri Jr. to construct parallel lines and transversals. They will make conjectures about the angles that are formed.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-formed-by-parallel-lines
Transformational Puppet
This activity is designed to reinforce the concepts of reflections and translations by having the students create a virtual puppet using Cabri Jr. As they construct their puppets, students will reinforce their understanding of reflections and translations by making predictions about the location...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformational-puppet_1
Does Your Euler Line "Wiggle"?
The students will construct an Euler line and demonstrate it is an Euler line by "wiggling" the triangle to guarantee the correct centers remain on the line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/does-your-euler-line-wiggle
Evaluating the Products of Chords of a Circle
In this activity, the students will investigate if two chords intersect in a circle, then the products of the measures of the segments of the chords are equal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/evaluating-the-products-of-chords-of-a-circle
Interpreting Confidence Intervals
This activity is used in conjuntion with the famous M&M's experiment for introducing confidence intervals in AP Statistics. Navigator is used to allow each student to contribute the endpoints of a CI obtained from their own sample of M&M's. Quick polls are used to questions student confidence i...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interpreting-confidence-intervals
Binomial Simulation Lab - Using ProbSim App
Binomial simulation using TI-83+ or TI-84+ graphing calculators. Students will use the Probability Simulation application on the calculator to simulate Eric Gordon shooting free throws. TI-Navigator™ instructions are also included.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/binomial-simulation-lab--using-probsim-app
Got parallel lines with corresponding angles congruent? with Cabri Jr.
Construct parallel lines in Cabri Jr., and students label and check if all corresponding angles are congruent.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/got-parallel-lines-with-corresponding-angles-congruent-with-cabri-jr
The Letter Product Game
This activity will encourage students' powers of deduction through a word game. This will allow a review of factoring integers. A simple extension allows a classroom discussion that will evolve into the Zero Product Theorem, essential to the technique of solving polynomial equations by factoring.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-letter-product-game
Prodigious! Quadratics and Free Fall Motion
Uses the movie "October Sky" as an introduction to the study of free fall motion functions. Acts a summation activity to a quadratic unit in Algebra Solve quadratic equations by graphing, factoring, and the quadratic formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/prodigious-quadratics-and-free-fall-motion
Constructing the Diameter of a Circle
Given a circle, students will construct a diameter of the circle. They will use the following theorem: In the same circle, if one chord is a perpendicular bisector of another chord, then the first chord is a diameter.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constructing-the-diameter-of-a-circle
Polynomial Multiplication
This StudyCards™ set shows that the product of linear functions (polynomial) is usually quadratic. Students discover the exact product and more traditional methods for multiplying polynomials. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 3.3.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-multiplication
Scatter plots and Linear Regression
This activity is designed to introduce students to using the STAT function of the calculator to determine the equation for a line of best fit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scatter-plots-and-linear-regression
REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity: Archeologist Frieze Patterns
Archeologists, when classifying artifacts, often take note of the physical properties or attributes of artifacts, such as the materials from which the artifacts are made, and their size, shape, function, and decoration. Friezes are often seen as ornaments in architecture. Frieze patterns can be f...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/real-life-real-world-activity-archeologist-frieze-patterns
Measuring Polygons - An Introduction to Cabri Jr.
This activity is designed as an intoduction to using the Carbr Jr. application on the TI-83+/84+ calculators. Students are guided through the menu system and are shown how to draw triangles, quadrilaterals and and a pentagon. Perimeter and angle measurements are also explained. The activity leads...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measuring-polygons--an-introduction-to-cabri-jr
Midpoint Formula Discovery
Step by step instructions are given for the students to draw a segment, find the midpoint, and label the coordinates of the two endpoints and the midpoint. The students then record the data in a table for various segments. Based on the table students will discover how to find the midpoint of a se...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midpoint-formula-discovery
In Search of Toronto's Length of Daylight Hours Equation
Students will construct a scatterplot in TI-Navigator™ and through teacher guidance will find the parameters for y = Asin(B(x-C))+D.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/in-search-of-torontos-length-of-daylight-hours-equation
Solving Equations by Graphing
This activity uses screen capture to introduce solving linear equations by graphing. Using screen captures save the teacher from having to go from one student to another to make sure the students' are typing the correct information into the calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-equations-by-graphing
Breaking Up Over Model Bridges
The learning objective of this activity is to introduce the concept of reciprocal functions having the form: xy = k or y = f(x) = k/x, where k is a constant and x and y are variables. In Part I, twelve one inch paper squares arranged in various rectangles illustrate that length x width = 12 sq...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/breaking-up-over-model-bridges
Graphing Families of Quadratic Functions
Students will use the Transfrm app to explore families of quadratic functions. Generalization about the effect of a, b and c coefficients have on the shape and position of the graph in general form, and the effect of a, h, and k in vertex form, will be summarized by students in their own words. S...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-families-of-quadratic-functions
An Introduction to Inverse Variation
In this lesson, students will explore the properties of inverse variation functions by analyzing a scatter plot that is produced by the students. This lesson uses the Activity Center in TI-Navigator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/an-introduction-to-inverse-variation
The Triangular Box Problem (and Extension)
Student will discover the relationship between the height of a box with a triangular base and its volume and student will find the height that will produce the maximum volume of the open-topped box.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-triangular-box-problem-and-extension
Triangles and Slope - Is the Triangle Possible?
Students will construct triangles that match specific criteria. If it is possible to construct the triangle, the students have to construct the triangle and state the slope of each side. If the triangle is impossible to construct, the students must write a detailed explanation as to why it is im...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangles-and-slope--is-the-triangle-possible
Birthday Simulation
In this activity, the students will conduct a simulation to predict the probability that two people in a room of thirty will have the same birthday.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/birthday-simulation
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