TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...king water conditions affect the health and well-being of populations on Earth, and discover that astronauts aboard the ISS must still guard against accidental bacterial water contamination. The concept: The Drank Tank — a water purifier that can function in zero-gravity conditions to ensure th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
If you’re a math teacher, you’re familiar with students anxiously asking to use their calculators. For them, it may feel like a secret weapon that will help them be more successful in math class. Throughout elementary school, kids trudge through adding fractions, multiplying five-digit numbers ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...? 100% engagement is possible! I started implementing questioning strategies my very first year of teaching, and I believe it is the key to student success, classroom management, and of course, engagement. Before you even start implementing this cycle of questioning, it is important to set some g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
...ement and support. #5 – Math Teachers go above and beyond their normal duties. Math teachers go that extra mile to make sure their students are successful. Feeling inspired to thank your teacher? Download this free printable card and #ThankATeacher. Learn some of the ways the math teach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
... later, when they’re the ones explaining to the students around them about how their math is right. I love to watch that change in mindset. If all I accomplish this year is changing these kids’ minds about math, then I’ll feel on top of the world. What TI technology do you use in the classroom, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...load the Teacher Notes (pdf). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire CX activity on our website. Even the very best simulation doesn’t always accurately represent natural processes as they happen in reality. It’s always a good idea to make sure students know that when simulations are being...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...pact on how students think of mathematics and of themselves as mathematics learners. “Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success For All” by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) A staple read for math teachers new and old. This book connects research to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...r options that exist in the field of aviation,” said Alex. “It also helped me to connect what I need to learn in math and science class today to be successful as a pilot in the future.” The win landed Alex on several of his local news stations to talk about the activity he inspired, STEM on the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...for fundraising,” said Kachur. “We ended up raising almost $1,000 in candy bar sales, so that we could get 5 TI-Innovator Hubs along with all of the accessories like breadboards, sensors and motors.” The club has taken off from there, raising additional money in the months since to buy 4 TI-Inn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...CARE® from Alcon) is put into a plastic container with a platinum disc to catalyze the reaction of hydrogen peroxide to become water and oxygen gas. According to the manufacturer, contact lenses must be placed in a plastic case and soaked in the peroxide solution for a period of six hours. At tha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...udents will need to calibrate their sensor against a known digital thermometer. Therefore, students will need to understand science concepts such as accuracy and precision. In addition, they will learn how circuits work as they build their sensor using a breadboard, wires, resistors and an analog...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Solution 35834: Resolving Issues with Lost Settings During TI-Nspire™ Family Version 3.6 Upgrade.
... can use the steps below to migrate your settings. Before following these steps please verify the following items: • Verify you have administrator access on the computer as the migration script needs admin access to write files. • Verify your computer is not using folder redirection as the scri...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/kbase-templates-and-archive/previous-pages-obsolete/35834
Professional basketball star donates TI calculators to his former high school
...understands the importance mathematics plays in everyday life and wants students at his alma matter to have the math and science tools they need to succeed. The hoops star said it puts a smile on his face knowing Riverside students will be able to use these graphing calculators for many years to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/february/tj-warren-donates
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
...lem-solving. And, by the way, the answer to the first question above is 500 million! Yes, 500,000,000 straws are used in the U.S. every single day, according to an article in the April 15, 2018 edition of Parade magazine. This activity will help put that number into context. Let’s get started: ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...senters promote strategies that connect some frequently overlooked TI-84 Plus CE capabilities with students’ analytical thinking. ACT® Math Test Success, Part 1: Strategies and Skills Hosted by Pat Flynn and Jeff McCalla Explore strategies and TI graphing calculator skills that can help stud...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
Tower of Hanoi
...mplete. Well, the original puzzle consisted of 64 disks, and the monks in the legendary civilization only moved one disk per day. With this in mind, according to the legend, when will the world end? Solve the puzzle, determine the rule for the Geometric recursion relationship, and calculate the n...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-tower-hanoi
How Dense are We?
...mation, exact and approximate answers. Vocabulary Scientific notation Population Density Significant figures International Baccalaureate: How Dense are We? Population values are interesting in that it doesn't make sense to talk about the number of people that...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-density
Applications and Interpretation
... Students use their own birthday, and the current date, to determine the equation for their physical, emotional and intellectual cycles according to the study of biorhythms. Biorhythms This lesson involves comparing the Riemann Sum area estimates with the exact ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation
Tower of Hanoi
...mplete. Well, the original puzzle consisted of 64 disks, and the monks in the legendary civilization only moved one disk per day. With this in mind, according to the legend, when will the world end? Solve the puzzle, determine the rule for the Geometric recursion relationship, and calculate the n...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-tower-hanoi
How Dense Are We?
...mation, exact and approximate answers. Vocabulary Scientific notation Population Density Significant figures International Baccalaureate: How Dense are We? Population values are interesting in that it doesn't make sense to talk about the number of people that...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-density
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Lisa Goddard
... ask their peers if they have another way of learning a concept, there are so many ways to work a problem. This diverse approach allows students to successfully grasp a problem by learning through the method that is best suited to them. What’s it like to get a student to see past what they are st...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/march/teacherofthemonth
Licensing Options
...ol-Managed license allows for central management with off network availability for up to 30 days. The Multi-User Volume license only requires online accessibility for activation, then the software may be used anywhere as it is not required to be connected to the network. The Multi-User Concurrent...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/network-admin
Solution 17090: Troubleshooting when the Y= Editor Screen Displays X= instead of Y= on the TI-83 Plus Family and TI-84 Plus Family.
...of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Why does the Function Editor screen only allow me to graph according to the X axis and not according to Y? If X= is displayed instead of the standard Y= when [Y=] is pressed, then the Inequality Graphing ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/17090
Solution 10391: Linking a TI-83 Family or TI-84 Plus Family Graphing Calculator to a TI-82 Graphing Calculator.
...erences with the TI-82, which are described below. The data must be edited on the TI-83 family / TI-84 Plus family calculator after transmission to account for these differences, or the TI-83 family / TI-84 Plus family calculator will misinterpret the data. The TI-83 family / TI-84 Plus family ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/general-information/10391
Solution 30211: Computing Net Present Value (NPV), Modified Internal rate (MIRR), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Using a TI-Nspire™ Family Products.
...eal number. CFList is a list of cash flow amounts after the initial cash flow CF0. CFFreq is a list in which each element specifies the frequency of occurrence for a rouped (consecutive) cash flow amount, which is the corresponding element of CFList. The default is 1; if you enter values, they mu...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-nspire-family/product-usage/30211