roboticsweek2021
...ge that was part of the VEX Robotics competition season. This teardown contest was organized by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (with Texas Instruments [TI] as a proud sponsor). But, while the contest is over, this is easily something you could implement with your school’s robotic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
...n math yoga class, or you can simply take the class. Namaste! About the author: Curtis Brown currently works as the Math Segment manager at Texas Instruments (TI). He taught mathematics and AP® Statistics for several years. Since starting at TI in 2015, he has led many content developme...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
...hrome OS™ and Chromebook™ are trademarks of Google LLC. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI six years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...he calls his best awesome mathematical friend forever (BAMFF), Ashley Meinke. Ms. Meinke, who teaches calculus at the school, nominated Mr. O for the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love contest. The contest honors people who are helping spread a love of math. Ashley Meinke nominated he...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...e intervention on key, unfinished learning and previewed upcoming algebra I content. Teachers were strategic about using graphing technology, such as Texas Instruments (TI) calculators, to visualize key mathematical concepts to help students break through computational road blocks. This approach ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
In honor of National Engineers Week (Feb. 16–22), a week dedicated to increasing understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers, I wanted to share how my love for my Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator in high school helped to launch an engineering career at TI. Fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
... a ghost of a chance Biker Bob is haunting the highway. Grab your gear. If you’re looking for more activities beyond what’s dead, gross and creepy, Texas Instruments offers a huge collection of free STEM lessons and activities for middle grades and high school. For now, take these three activit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...ization. Policies subject to change. Visit www.ibo.org. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI six years ago, Fishpaw was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television sta...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...M Behind Sports webpage is another great opportunity to have students dig deeper into parametric equations. Be sure to check out the other activities Texas Instruments (TI) has featured on their STEM Behind Sports page. Finally, another great resource worth checking out is The National Sci...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
In honor of National STEM Day, we want to introduce you to the Texas Instruments (TI) STEM Squad, a team of former teachers, current teachers and TI employees that’s on a mission to get more kids interested and excited about STEM subjects. Since the summer of 2018, TI’s STEM Squad has been tour...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...nfidence gap for girls that starts early on in their educational journeys. Simply put, girls can’t be what they can’t see. Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas and Texas Instruments (TI) and the TI Foundation are partnering to change that. As a company comprised largely of engineers, Texas Instrumen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
Are your students struggling with graphing the parent functions or how to graph transformations of them? Texas Instruments is here to help teachers — and students — with a video resource that contains over 250 short colorful animated videos with over 460 examples that illustrate and explain these...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...ment — I was intrigued. How could I utilize the skills learned in this elite group of students for all of my students? I was then introduced to the Texas Instruments TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board. My students were already using the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator in our science c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
StatisticsOfficeHours
This school year, Texas Instruments (TI) has teamed up with author and master teacher, Daren Starnes, to provide live AP® Statistics sessions via YouTube geared toward teachers and students alike. These sessions will contain content, data and questions that are directly related to the Big Id...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...Select an open-ended task with multiple entry points (such as the free tasks from Illustrative Mathematics or the technology-enhanced activities from Texas Instruments), then demonstrate different student approaches to showcase the learning for all students. By carefully selecting and sequencing ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
San Antonio calculus teacher Walter Meyer thought he was heading to a meeting about funding for a gardening project, but instead he was surprised with cheerleaders, a marching band and news that he was the latest winner in the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. Walter Meyer s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... that all students progress in their learning, and make connections between the mathematics they know and the new mathematics of the grade or course. Texas Instruments’ Building Concepts materials are one resource for deeper learning experiences that allow and provide connections to other math id...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
... equation. Screenshots from the Internal Energy and Work activity. About the author: Erick Archer is a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technology. He is also a former high school science teacher,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...eference the PDF slides often and appreciate the extensions that are provided for different problems. The Monday Night Calculus YouTube series by Texas Instruments is a good way to allow calculus students to review topics from throughout the year. There are handouts with solutions available i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
Calculus connoisseurs Tom Dick and Steve Kokoska are ready to call the Monday night action! This school year, Texas Instruments (TI) has teamed up with former AP® Calculus Chief Reader Steve Kokoska and former Test Development committee member Tom Dick to provide live, content sess...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...y the plate color. Screenshots from the Color and Heat activity. About the author: Erick Archer is a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technology. He is also a former high school science teacher,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...rincipal, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio THE SOLUTION The Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator, created through a collaboration between Texas Instruments, the American Printing House for the Blind and Orbit Research, represents a breakthrough in math and science education for studen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...ng, observations and results. I can capture TI-Nspire CX screens from the software to use on the handout if desired. The ready-made activities on the Texas Instruments website include a Word file so you can edit it if you like. Next Steps… These tips should get you started on your transition, bu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
... The Vernier EasyTemp® sensor can be used for an introduction to data collection and how to use the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Vernier and Texas Instruments worked together to create an application on the TI-Nspire™ CX II handheld that will collect and analyze data. One of my favorite ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
... II graphing calculator. Coding, STEM, free resources, Python, TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator, promposal Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments Get Your Promposal Ready — Try Balloons and Buttons It’s prom season, and it can be hard to keep your students from daydrea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals