Busy Hands
Students will make their own finger signs for the numbers from zero to ten. Students will relate each finger sign to its numeral and then explore number sentences using the calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/busy-hands
Let Me Count the Ways
Students will make predictions about the number of ways to make eleven with two or more addends. They will investigate patterns with these addends with the help of manipulatives and the calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/let-me-count-the-ways
Hat Trick
Students learn to solve a real-world problem in economics. Students get to understand how surveys often use a sample of people rather than all of the people involved. They also learn how to make decisions based on the results of a sample survey.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hat-trick
What Makes a Food Nutritious?
Students will analyze select nutritional values of specific food products and then compare those values to the recommended daily allowances published by the U.S.D.A. They will calculate percentages and fractions based upon the information they find.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-makes-a-food-nutritious
What's So Special About 11?
Students will compute multiples of numbers in search of patterns. As a class, they'll discover patterns in multiples of 9; then they'll do the same with patterns in multiples of 11. They will then practice writing the rule for 11, both verbally and algebraically, to summarize the discovered patte...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-so-special-about-11
The Best Cell Phone Plan
Students will compare two cell phone plans and determine which plan is better for a specific situation. They will utilize both tables and graphs to make their decisions. For this activity, students need prior experience writing linear models.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-best-cell-phone-plan_1
Let's Count the Ways
Students will be introduced to the different ways to calculate numbers of outcomes, including using the counting principle. They will also evaluate expressions using permutations of data without repeat elements, both manually and on the TI-34 MultiView™ calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lets-count-the-ways_1
To Simplify or Not to Simplify...
Students will discuss fractions and what it means to simplify them using prime factorization. Students will then use the calculator to simplify fractions manually as well as investigate both the prime factorization and greatest common factors of the numerator and denominator in various fractions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/to-simplify-or-not-to-simplify
Accelerated Student Learning Program | Texas Instruments
...The program begins with a specialized workshop for teachers and department leaders to understand processes and implementation. All additional program components are customized to fit within your school’s normal schedule to minimize teachers’ time away from class. Specialized work...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/schools-and-districts/accelerated-student-learning
Financial Literacy – Webinar | Texas Instruments
...| 7 p.m. Central time Technology: TI-84 Plus family, TI‑Nspire™ CX technology Presenters: Lindsay Gold, Mike Houston Financial Literacy Week: Where Did All My Money Go? Tax day is coming up! In this webinar, we draw on connections between personal finance and mathematics by explor...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2023/apr-4-2023-financial-literacy-week
T³ Community
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Comparing Ratios
...ore the activity, they should compare two ratios by looking at tables of equivalent ratios for each given ratio. They will also compare the ratios by identifying common values for the same quantity in the two labels. Sample Assessment Which company has the smallest ratio of defective bolts to non...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/comparing-ratios
Unequally Likely Outcomes
Unequally Likely Outcomes website In this lesson, students investigate chance processes and generate probability models for events that are not equally likely. 406778 Unequally Likely Ou...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/unequally-likely-outcomes
Comparing Populations using Sample Statistics
... TNS Lesson Snapshot Two simulated sampling distributions that have a small amount of variability and little overlap provide some evidence of a real difference between the two population means. What to look for Investigating the distribution of the numerical differenc...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/comparing-populations-using-sample-statistics
Comparing Units
Comparing Units website This lesson helps students to understand that the size of a fraction will vary with the scale used to define a unit fraction. 393728 Comparing Units Planning and R...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/comparing-units
Computer Science | Professional Learning | Texas Instruments
...eachers. “T³™ professional development pushes you to think in a way that maybe you haven’t thought about in years.” — Bridget Soumeillan, Curriculum Developer Manager Eureka Math at Great Minds (Louisiana) “T³™ instructors go above and beyond to hel...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science/professional-learning
Slices
This lesson involves exploring the shapes formed from 3D figures cut by a horizontal and/or a vertical plane. • Compatible TI Technologies: TI-Nspire™ CX Handhelds, TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad®, TI-Nspire™ Softwarehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slices
35 Years of T³™ Mentorship and Community | Texas Instruments
Stacy Thibodeaux paused to collect her emotions. “It’s been an honor being a part of the T³™ community,” she said, speaking to a room full of educators at the Texas Instruments 2022 T³™ Learns Summit. “It allows us to push each other and to grow and develop. And, we have a common goal: t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/35-years-t3-community-teacher-leader
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
Imagine sliding into the desk of your first engineering class as a freshman in college. You look around the room and realize, that out of the 200 or so students, you are one of only 20 women in the class. Fast forward three years, and now you’re a computer engineering major working as an intern ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
BA II Plus™ Professional Financial Calculator | Texas Instruments
...ount: SL, SYD, DB, DB with SL cross-over, SLF and DBF Depreciation Schedules Bond prices and yield to call or maturity Prompted display guides you through financial calculations showing current variable and label BGN/END payment setting Partial years Ten user memories ...https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/financial/baii-plus-professional
Parallel Lines and the Transversals that Cross Them!
Students will explore the relationships between angles formed by parallel lines crossed by transversals. While there are other activities that may address similar topics, the questions presented to students in this activity bring a fresh perspective to student discovery.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-the-transversals-that-cross-them
Exploring Probability with Dice and Test Scores
1. In this activity students will investigate probabilities of independent events and interpret the probabilities they calculate. 2. At the 8th grade level, this activity can be used to solve simple problems involving probability and compare probabilities of events.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-probability-with-dice-and-test-scores
Rational Numbers: Number Line
Drag a point along the number line and compare the mixed numeral, improper fraction, decimal and percentage forms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rational-numbers-number-line
Dice Rolling and Probability
Students will utilize the Spreadsheet and Data and Statistics applications in the TI-Nspire handheld. They will create randomly generated data and will plot it in a Dot Plot to recognize relative frequency of outcomes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dice-rolling-and-probability
One Year Makes a Difference
This lesson involves drawing informal comparative inferences about two populations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/one-year-makes-a-difference