What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
... awesome chemistry teacher, Ms. Dunlap, started a Cooking with Chemistry project where students describe in detail all of the chemical reactions that occur. Our administration was encouraging us to think outside the box and rethink how we could assess our students’ progress for final exams. I am...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
Teaching during the holiday season can be a challenge. It takes more than an extra shot in your gingerbread latte to keep your students focused, as enthusiasm for the holidays grows with every passing day. Take advantage of your students’ excitement by incorporating these holiday-themed challeng...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
NASA Events Calendar
...hind-the-scenes access and a chance to interact live with various experts. Each week, a new “virtual field trip” will take place at a different NASA location, corresponding to that week’s #STEMnauts challenge. Save the dates and check back as additional details are updated on the calendar below. ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
... ready to use TI technology — combined with your coding, design and building skills — to create a model of a solution that automates or optimizes a process or product.--> Gear up, innovators! Prepare to put your creative and coding skills to the test for the 8th annual TI Codes Contest. Whether ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...ion of STEM is obvious since they are actually using technology to build technology. They are making a working temperature probe. They will use a microcontroller device, like the TI-Innovator Hub™ with TI LaunchPad™ Board, a breadboard and components, as well as a graphing calculator or computer ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Texas Instruments Virtual Booth | NSTA Engage 2021
...elp Subscribe to TI science alerts Live chat--> TI-Cares™ customer support TI sales supportGrant writing assistance Download TI brochures Science flyer STEM brochure TI products brochureProfessional development .copyinfo p{font-size:11px}#science-virtual-...https://education.ti.com/en/events/nctm-atlanta
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...his sets students up for exploring the question from multiple entry points. You’ll need the program files, student activity pages, pre-assignment documents, and teacher notes and solutions to get started on the activity. All can be downloaded here. Go ahead, and get your students in the game! ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
... it’s just a series of SEND codes that tell it to move forward, turn and reverse,” said Hickman. Hickman’s teacher was so impressed that he invited local media to the school to watch as the juniors lead Keota third graders through the program that uses Rover to draw a robot. Much to the exciteme...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...sign each member of the team a clearly defined task, have each develop a module, and then merge the modules into a single project. The rest of this document explains the process of creating and using modules on the TI-84 Plus CE Python edition. Download the TI-Nspire™ CX II version for the same ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
...te chop the part of the stick that is hanging off the table, and voila! The stick breaks! But why? What you’ll need: A few paint sticks from a local hardware store. An unfolded piece of newspaper about 3’ x 3’ in area. Butcher paper or thicker wrapping paper will also work. A table,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
I’m back! Are you ready to expand your skill set in Python? Remember that Python is both a procedural and an object-oriented programming language (OOP). A class is the definition (description) of an object. An object has attributes (variables) and methods (functions) that determine its propertie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
...shed into the bottle! Notice the paper probably didn’t burn all the way. That is because the rate of incoming air was too small (due to the egg blocking the opening), and the fire went out since there was no more oxygen to burn inside the bottle. To remove the egg without destroying it o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...g Conditions Rarely on the exam will you be asked directly to make a graph of univariate data. But, when checking the conditions for an inferential procedure involving means, knowing quickly how to generate a graph of data and determine its relative shape is important. Use a modified boxplot (opt...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...are related to one another to learn your students’ preferences. Think Netflix or Hulu, mustard or ketchup, pencil or pen. There’s a link to a Google Doc™ here that you can copy and customize for your students. Once you have created your own list, call out the two items, and ask students to indi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...move on to next round, your team will receive a calculator (either TI-84 Plus or TI-Nspire CX) and a TI-Innovator Hub. The TI-Innovator Hub is a microcontroller that is programmed by the calculator. It has a built-in brightness sensor, RGB LED, red LED and speaker. With just the TI-Innovator Hu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
... saying, ‘you can't do this with technology,’ but that’s not correct thinking. It's not just about giving you the answer, it's a tool to aid in the process. The other thing I’d say is, just get help. Put yourself out there and ask for help. There are so many people older than you that have exper...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
It's a big day for Texas Instruments. Today, we introduced the all-new TI-Nspire CX II family of graphing calculators, bringing a 2 ½ times faster processor, an updated, new look and added math and coding features that will help bring STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
...rs — Session 1 Presentation Sept. 27: Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers — Session 2 Presentation Oct. 4: Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers — Session 3 Presentation Oct. 18: Monday Night Calculus: Your Question...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
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
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...pport students in finding the least common denominator for two rational variable expressions. Before showing the capacity of CAS in completing this process in algebra II, I want to first show how this same concept can be numerically explored in middle grades math on the non-CAS TI-Nspire™ CX II g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...oose our beliefs. We choose our careers. I’d like to think I chose engineering, but in reality, engineering chose me. My choice: I was going to be a doctor, a pediatrician to be exact. I researched childhood diseases, maintained notebooks and interviewed my pediatrician. I went to the library reg...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Ingenuity-takes-flight
...nuinely interesting explorations in the physics classroom. Before we performed any calculations, we took some time to watch parts of a video that documents the planning and development of Ingenuity, “This Helicopter Just Flew on Mars!” Another video that could be used as well is “How It Wor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Three Pawsitively Fun TI-Nspire Math Activities
...are In this TI-Nspire CX activity from the Building Concepts series, students revisit the dogs from the Introduction to rates lesson, but now with a focus on the mean. Students will discover and exercise the concept as mean as a fair share value. For more information, download the Teacher Notes ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/dog_blog
Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
... problem or a science investigation. Make it a fun, easy activity with multiple solutions so that everyone can participate and feel included in the process. This is the time to observe how the students interact with one another. Make lots of notes on which students are taking the lead, easily dis...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
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