Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
There probably aren’t too many people on the planet that haven’t heard of COVID-19. The viral contagion that caused a global pandemic has taught us a lot about the science and math behind viral transmission, exponential growth, and herd immunity. Unlike epidemics/pandemics in the past, COVID-1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
What I love about using calculator technology in my teaching is the “Power of Visualization” and the opportunity to examine math through different lenses. The multiple representations available on Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators — numeric, algebraic, graphical, geometric, statistica...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...irdhouse Project When Ms. Herr gave out the birdhouse project directions, the students were pumped. No final exam — woo-hoo! To top it off, they thought that building a birdhouse would be pretty easy. I think it ended up being much more challenging than they first expected. It’s miter saw...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
Chemical equilibrium is one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand, and it’s even more difficult to find a model that will work every time. Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...ake advantage of your students’ excitement by incorporating these holiday-themed challenges into your lesson plans.--> As if it hasn’t been hard enough to keep kids focused this year with the many distractions brought on by 2022, now we can add the holidays to the list. And, let’s face it, it’s ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
NASA Events Calendar
...SA’s Meteorite Lab Recorded: Friday, May 5, 2016 This event took place in NASA’s Johnson Space Center Meteorite Lab. Planetary Scientist, Dr. Kevin Righter, provided a behind-the-scenes tour of the lab and showed various meteorites from the NASA collection. He also answered questions submitted fr...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
...oice of a new TI graphing calculator and a T-shirt. grand prize winners!--> .yt-vid-wp iframe { width: 380px; height: 214px; /*border: 1px solid red;*/ } .yt-vid-wp { display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; /*border: 1px solid green;*/ } .custom-two-col-...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
This is the breadboard. It functions as an output platform for students to read collected data with red, blue and green LEDs. Science Olympiad, a national science/STEM competition organization, just added a new high school event called Detector Building. In the 35-year history of Science Oly...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...h this lesson — I promise! Graph Your Heart Out To get started, turn your TI-84 Plus graphing calculator on — duh! Next, press y= to put you in the right mood mode 😀. Then, press the math key and arrow over to NUM and select 1:abs(. Enter the equation |2X|-8 to start transforming your TI calcula...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...or is an amazing tool that can be used in partnership with a Vernier sensor or probe. The Vernier DataQuest™ App for TI-Nspire™ technology is built right into the calculator’s home screen. Students can collect real-world data, analyze that data and apply mathematical models to fit the data. The N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
...to put your TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in polar mode. Press the mode key, then press the arrow down button until you get to FUNCTION, then move right 2 spaces to POLAR and press the enter key. Now you are in the right mood mode 😊. 1: Hypnotize your Honey Use your calculator to graph a spiral...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/polargraphlove
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
... “Field Goal for the Win” Can’t get much more relevant than this. This TI-84 Plus graphing calculator lesson is suitable for middle grades math through algebra II, and encourages students to model, explore and explain the mathematics behind kicking a football through the uprights. In thi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
You may be aware of the reference to the three R’s, which refers to the three basic skills taught in school: reading, writing and arithmetic (usually said as “reading, writing and ’rithmetic”). How about adding another “R” to that list? Robotics! Robots (and smart machines) are all around us. In ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...a distinction between a Python program (or script) and a module. Both a program and a module are written using the same Python language but differ slightly in their purpose. A program is executable code that accomplishes a goal — it should do something. A module is also a Python file but is desig...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
...the table. (Be sure you do not mistakenly hit your hand on the table!) The stick will likely break. How it works: The paper, by itself, weighs very little. You can try another variation to prove this by crumpling the paper into a ball and setting it on the part of the stick that is sti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
... self. in the code above so that each balloon uses its own attributes. The for loop creates a “3D” effect on the balloon: dark around the edges and light in the center thanks to Bert Wikkerink in Holland. Using the balloon object b1 defined earlier, I can draw the balloon b1 using the statement b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...volving dynamic visualization and interaction, students can make connections that otherwise would have been difficult to see. In this post, we have highlighted five of our favorite algebra activities from the collection on the Math Nspired collection. 1. Slope as Rate This lesson is designed to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
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
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...ed test for independence, so there is only one Chi-Squared test option for these tests. To located the TESTS menu, press the stat button then arrow right to TESTS. The AP® Statistics exam requires a deep understanding of the concepts, but also an ability to carry out statistical computations. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
...he test using the same calculator you will use on test day The math test includes some questions where it’s better not to use a calculator, even though you’re allowed to You are only allowed to use calculators on the math portion of the test, so don’t pull out your calculator in the middle of t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...created your own list, call out the two items, and ask students to indicate if they like THIS or THAT. Tell them if they prefer THIS to raise their right hand or if they prefer THAT to put their left hand on their head. Another option: You could have students write THIS or THAT on two pieces of p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...4 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 Hub, you can build a smart night light that plays a song when it gets dar...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
We’re celebrating teachers, like you, who make a difference in the classroom on a daily basis. This month, join us in getting to know Daniel Wilkie, a high school IB math teacher who gets his students involved in coding activities with “Coding Fridays.” Fast Facts About Daniel: TEACHES WHAT...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...ue to use their current classroom lessons. Parents will appreciate that a one-time purchase of a TI-Nspire CX II or CX II CAS will take students through all of their math and science courses in middle school, high school and college– everything from chemistry to calculus and can even help them le...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire